The goods shop of the "world’s largest" Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Egypt is unexpectedly led by a Korean. Kwon Jae-young, ...

A middle-aged woman continuously shed tears before the golden coffin of the boy pharaoh excavated from the darkness of 3,300 ...

Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

In a statement, officials said the recent excavation “revealed a new part of the matrix between the known settlements in the city.” ...

After 20 years and a $1 billion construction project, the museum holding around 100,000 artifacts opened to much fanfare ...

Tucked away inside a corner of the University of Kansas’s Lippincott Hall is a little-known museum called the Wilcox ...

When it comes to curating a museum, cultural extraction means taking a cultural object — maybe an idol or figurine that had religious importance to a community centuries ago — and making it available ...

Fireworks and drone spectacles lit up the Saharan night above a gala of Egyptian elite, heads of state, and foreign ...

With the Grand Egyptian Museum now finished in Giza, pressure is mounting on Germany to finally return the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti. Berlin says it was acquired legally. But that argument isn't ...

Egypt has recovered 36 stolen artifacts from the U.S., including rare manuscripts and ancient religious relics. The objects were recovered by the Manhattan D.A., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and ...

A remarkable manuscript bound in furry seal skin has emerged as potentially Norway's oldest surviving book, offering unprecedented insights into medieval Christian life in Scandinavia. The eight-page ...