This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has been heralded as one of the biggest cultural openings of the year. Located near the Pyramids of ...

Mudlarking had long been a niche hobby. Then influencers discovered it. Twice a day, sections of the River Thames’s shores are exposed by the receding tide, allowing a growing number of mudlarks like ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

Our past is a rich tapestry filled with incredible discoveries and triumphs, but it also holds persistent knots of mystery ...

Treasures lost to time still fascinate the world and spark curiosity among adventurers and history lovers alike. In this ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s how a group of persistent scientists unlocked the secrets to bringing them ...

Egypt’s Lost Labyrinth has been called many things: a myth, a miracle, a maze big enough to make architects cry. Now, new ...

In 1939, French archaeologist Pierre Montet uncovered a royal tomb in the lost city of Tanis — a find so extraordinary it rivaled, and arguably surpassed, the treasures of Tutankhamun. Inside lay ...

The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years. By Euan Ward and Reham Mourshed Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon.

Every year, the entire staff of National Geographic — writers, explorers, photographers — get together to decide the best places to visit in the year to come. The best U.S. airports for drinking ...

Visitors gathered on Tuesday (November 4) around the golden mask of King Tutankhamun at Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as the long-awaited Tutankhamun Gallery opens to the public for the first ...

The city of Scottsdale, Arizona, is looking to memorialize slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Scottsdale’s city council voted 5-2 on Monday to direct City Manager Greg Caton to “investigate and ...