After 20 years in the making, the billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo opened on Saturday. The GEM is the world's largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilisation, and showcases ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient pharaoh was stolen from Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum and then ...

It’s a who-mum-it. Egyptian authorities have launched a nationwide treasure hunt for a 3,000-year-old bracelet that vanished without a trace from a national museum in Cairo. The priceless artifact — ...

CAIRO — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the ...

A 3,400 year-old bust of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh King Ramses II has been returned to Egypt after being stolen and smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago. The bust is being held at Cairo’s ...

Dr. Zahi Hawass overseeing restoration at the Egyptian Museum (image from drhawass.com) On February 2nd, a post published on now-Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass’s blog categorically stated: “I ...

Temporary exhibitions of Egyptian antiquities currently touring several countries around the world are achieving remarkable success, attracting large audiences and reaffirming the enduring global ...