Did a bankrupt Egypt attempt to hitch an anonymous ride for an unpopular pharaoh into immortality? His 225 personal retainers ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

French and Egyptian archaeologists exploring ancient Egypt's Tanis necropolis found a puzzling body in the tomb of a king.

New find of 225 ushabti statues in Egypt may identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III’s sarcophagus and rewrite Third Intermediate ...

The new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is expected to attract up to eight million visitors a year and give a huge boost to ...

In the clay-shaded gloom of the northern chamber of the tomb of Pharaoh Osorkon II, meticulous archaeological cleaning work ...

For the first time, the entire treasure and the full museum reconstruction of Tutankhamun’s tomb are on display to the public ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

The finding confirms that the pharaoh expected quite the pampered afterlife and hints at a potential musical-chairs situation ...

Scientists discover hidden cavities inside Egypt’s Menkaure Pyramid, fuelling theories of a secret 4,500-year-old entrance.

Two-part The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour focuses on Egypt in the years between the World Wars. In 1922, Howard Carter’s ...