A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

A tourist at Palazzo Maffei in Verona caused a stir by breaking a priceless crystal chair inspired by Van Gogh. CCTV footage ...

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

Etruscan letters form the Linen Book of Zagreb, later torn into strips to use as bandages to wrap an Egyptian mummy. Courtesy of the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb, photograph by Igor Krajcar In ...

Trending today: a brand-new Egyptian museum in Cairo, which is almost ready to open – though it took as much time to build as the original Great Pyramid. Also: Aaron and Victor discuss the ...

Step into the plinth and look up through a window to view a rare carving in the base of the ... the 170,000 other artefacts in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, the famous death mask of the young King ...

He noted that the museum effectively introduces the world to the magnificence of ancient Egyptian civilization. The GEM, scheduled to open on 3 July, is attracting dignitaries from around the ...

According to the Egyptian cabinet, the Egyptian PM said ... Airport and overlooks the iconic Pyramids of Giza. The museum, set to become the largest museum worldwide dedicated to a single ...

The first edition of the Egypt International Sculpture Symposium will take place from 6 August ... program by exploring key landmarks such as the Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, showcasing ...

A massive 11-metre, 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II greets visitors at the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the largest archaeological museum in the world. This highly anticipated ...

Wirth/Zoonar/picture alliance Housing the Egyptian museum and the papyrus collection, the Neues Museum's most famous exhibit is the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti. Last year, a petition was ...