This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt that now stands in the British Museum in London. It was made in the early 13th century B.C. and depicts the pharaoh Ramesses II ...

The artifacts discovered inside a tomb of 11 Egyptian burials from the height of the country’s Middle Kingdom offer a fresh ...

Two decades in the making and 11 years late, the Grand Egyptian Museum has opened its doors. Will it be worth the wait?

11, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024 shows a pharaoh statue at the Mit Rahina Museum in Giza, Egypt. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

CAIRO, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) announced on Tuesday the start of trial operations of its main galleries, offering visitors an exclusive preview of 12 meticulously curated ...

It has been suggested that the mask's true owner was Tut's stepmother - Queen Nefertiti, reports say. This included ...

Carter discovered the steps leading to his burial chamber on Nov. 4, 1922, in the wind-swept Valley of the Kings at Luxor, ...

The "richly decorated" tomb belongs to a royal scribe who lived around 2,500 years ago during a turbulent period in ancient Egyptian history.

Wonderful statues around the world are far more than those little snowmen and mermaids you made in your childhood. These ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...