In a country known for the world’s oldest wonders, a new one now rises from the desert sands. More than 20 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened this month to great fanfare, marking a ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Built along the axis of the pyramids, the museum does not seek to replicate their monumentality, but instead aligns itself with their geometry, harnessing the light of the plateau and creating a ...

A middle-aged woman continuously shed tears before the golden mask of a young pharaoh excavated from 3,300 years of darkness.

Flowers, often part of Minoan and Egyptian art, were symbols of life, the afterlife, and rebirth, according to a study of ...

Greece's island of Samos was the birthplace of Pythagoras and its fascinating history goes back to the myth of the Argonauts ...

An image of Tutankhamun on a fragment from an ancient necklace has revealed new insights into the rituals of the elites ...

Astronomy meets antiquity on this 10-day cruise of a lifetime along the legendary Nile River to experience the total solar ...

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.