Amethyst was fashionable in the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists discovered jewelry belonging to Middle Kingdom queens and princesses in pyramids at a site called Dahshur around 25 miles south of Cairo.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is filled with archaeological treasures, here's our pick of some of the best historical marvels.

The reality of our everyday life - from the moment we wake up to the simple, familiar rituals and movements that shape us - ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...

For the past eight years, Egypt has stood at the heart of a global artistic revival. A dialogue. A movement that broke ...

The museum's renovations in the Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries are the second part of the Museum’s Building Transformation ...