At the Saqqara necropolis, located just southwest of Giza in Egypt, the 4,500-year-old tomb of an Egyptian prince was ...

Against the timeless silhouette of the Giza Pyramids, a new cultural icon is set to emerge. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), ...

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As Egypt’s new Grand Museum opens for the first time, a luxurious voyage along the Nile reveals a compelling story of the ...

I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that arose over decades, built ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host its grand opening on July 3, ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

Forget Howard Carter. The polymath Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was the greatest Egyptologist and is rightly deemed ...

The tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf who founded ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and reigned from 2465 BCE to ...