Since its discovery more than a century ago, the iconic burial mask of King Tut has remained perhaps the defining image of ...

Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, 100 years ...

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations on Earth, with an empire stretching across ...

The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s 3000-year history. But he’s the most famous because his largely unlooted tomb revealed its wealth of golden artworks ...

King Tutankhamun's grandmother's face has been reconstructed by a Photoshop artist using her 3,400-year-old mummified remains ...

King Tutankhamun’s grandmother’s face has been ... Queen Tiye was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt from 1390 to 1353 BCE. Born in 1398 BCE and passing in 1338 ...

Construction ground to a halt during the Arab Spring a decade ago but the museum, which is set to fully open in the coming months, will be the largest archeological complex in the world, housing some ...

Former Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass said the piece appeared to have been “stolen” in the 1970s from the Karnak Temple complex just north of Luxor. “We think it left Egypt after ...

The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s 3000-year history. But he’s the most famous because his largely unlooted tomb revealed its wealth of golden artworks ...

Since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago, the contents have been examined countless times. But new details continue to surprise archaeologists.

The museum houses the world's largest archaeological collection and visitors are getting to see much of it, after over a ...