Patricia Clavin, Professor of International History at the University of Oxford, explores the cult of Egyptomania following ...

An ancient evil unleashed on an unsuspecting land? Well, that's what the stories would have you believe. From weird ...

Overhauling the structure of an entire society is kind of a big deal, and King Tut managed to pull that off while he was just a teenager. Here's how.

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun 's mummified remains. What followed wasn't ...

It's been 100 years since King Tutankhamun was unearthed in Egypt, and now a researcher has revealed little known details about the gruesome excavation. British archaeologist Howard Carter and a team ...

On a sunny morning, Egyptian workers were clearing the sands at the Valley of the Kings, when they uncovered the hint of stone steps about 13 feet (4 meters) below the tomb of Ramesses VI. This sunken ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures - over 4,500 artefacts - was displayed together for the ...

Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the public two days after the museum's lavish opening ceremony on Saturday. In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four ...

The museum was plagued by a spate of delays, most notably in 2011 during the Arab Spring THE world’s biggest museum has finally opened to the public – with the incredible gallery boasting rooms of ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...