A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery inside Egypt's Great Pyramid that they say rewrites longstanding beliefs ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

The idea for the Grand Egyptian Museum was born in the late 20th century, driven by the growing need for a modern facility capable of properly displaying Egypt's vast archaeological riches.

Of all the ancient cultures clustered around the eastern half of the Mediterranean Sea, whether Egypt, Greece, Persia or Rome’s imperial outreaches, Thrace is surely the least well-known.

As French troops prepared to face Ottoman forces in Rosetta, Egypt, in July 1799, they stumbled upon a chunk of carved stone. Stuck into the wall of a fort, it displayed three languages — and soon ...

She has an estimated value of €400 million ($433 million) and is a jewel in the crown of Egyptian antiquities. Yet a 3,370-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti has been in Berlin since 1913. Pressure is ...

Egypt calls for the repatriation of ancient Egypt’s Nefertiti bust currently exhibited at a Berlin Museum. Credit: Jesus Gorriti Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Egypt’s former Minister of Tourism and ...

The Rosetta Stone, on display in London's British Museum, is an ancient Egyptian stone bearing inscriptions in several languages and scripts — which served as the key to unlock the secrets of ...

CAIRO — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening ...