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

Cairo — As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, drama started bubbling up online. The preview quickly drew criticism. Some Egyptians ...

The world witnessed a historic event as Egypt officially opened the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the iconic Giza Pyramids on Saturday, November 1. After more than two decades of planning and ...

As Egypt prepares to inaugurate the world’s largest archaeological museum on 1 November, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has ...

Cairo — A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief has vanished from a tomb in Egypt's famous Saqqara Necropolis, officials say, in the second major apparent theft of an antiquity in just weeks. The ...

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 ...

Olsen believes the T-shaped pit could have been used as a means to travel through space or serve a spiritual purpose for ...

Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs, including one that is believed to be more than 4,000 years old. Researchers from a joint Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission ...

Cairo on Saturday opened the doors of the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, a billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur ...

Cairo — A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief has vanished from a tomb in Egypt's famous Saqqara Necropolis, officials say, in the second major apparent theft of an antiquity in just weeks. The ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...