New study debunks the “plague of Akhetaten." They found orderly burials and stable demographics pointing to a crisis, not a ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum has opened its doors to the public after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and ...

Egyptian officials say dozens of stolen artifacts, from a mummy's burial mask to a vessel depicting an ancient god, have been ...

Egypt on Saturday is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, aiming to boost tourism and revitalize the economy ...

If Egypt is on your bucket list, pack your bags straight away, as the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening its doors to tourists on November 1 this year. Spread over 50 hectares with an exhibition ...

Egyptian officials are frantically searching for an ancient limestone painting taken from an ancient tomb — the latest in a series of high-profile artifact thefts. Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of ...

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis ...

Western civilization has always had a fascination with the civilization which grew up along the Nile River around 3,000 BC. Greek intellectuals, such as Thales, visited Egypt and were enamored by the ...

The lights will not turn back on at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian. The historic single-screen movie theater on Capitol Hill — which initially shuttered last fall due to water damage caused by a pipe leak — ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered the text on the Rosetta stone, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization. The stone had been ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...