Perhaps the museum’s biggest draw will be its massive collection related to King Tutankhamun, the boy Pharaoh who ruled Egypt ...

Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.

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Archaeologists on Egyptian land have uncovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of King Userkaf, founder of the Fifth ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

The building, as big as Vatican City with a collection larger than the Louvre, has been in the making for over 30 years and is finally set to formally open in November, Maira Butt writes ...

In 1909, an explorer claimed to find Egyptian hieroglyphs, statues, and even giant skeletons hidden deep in the Grand Canyon. The Smithsonian dismissed the story—then sealed the site.

CAIRO — Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a rare sarcophagus featuring a slender face and a scarab ring inscribed with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, Israel’s Antiquities Authority said ...

(CNN) — A royal tomb belonging to an ancient Egyptian King has been unearthed, in what has been called a “remarkable” discovery by officials. A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission identified ...