Walking into the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the first things ... When it was rediscovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, it offered scholars rare insight into ancient ...

Dr. Monica Hanna is petitioning the British Museum to return treasures to Egypt, including the Rosetta Stone. "Today, the Rosetta Stone for me, is a symbol of Western colonialism over my culture.

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza has (almost) fully opened to visitors – and pictures reveal that the displays are spectacular. Tourists have had a long wait to get a glimpse behind the doors ...

Well, now researchers at the British Museum know. A team of scientists used a noninvasive technique called neutron tomography to peer inside six Egyptian animal coffins that have been sealed for ...

Hieroglyphs at the British Museum: how the Rosetta Stone opened up 4,000 years of knowledge to the world Egypt archaeologists ... an interesting star calendar inside the inner coffin of a mummy ...

A mummy of an Egyptian woman dating back to 700 A.D. has been scanned and stripped to reveal a tattoo on her thigh that displays the name of the biblical archangel Michael. Read more The grave of ...

which at present display Egyptian, Assyrian and Greek antiquities. Left: George Osborne, chair of the British Museum’s trustees, claims he was only made aware of the thefts this year ...

CAIRO (AP) — The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here’s a look inside. Visitors taking in the ancient pyramids of ...

In 1826, he prevented the British ... museum are displayed according to their historical sequence. Although the outside of the building is neoclassical with almost no Egyptian influence, the rooms ...

The President of the National Council for Women, Maya Morsy, announced Sunday that an Egyptian Women’s Museum is being established inside the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, on an ...