Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

To ancient Egyptians, Ethiopia was the Land of Punt, an exotic world where the Nile River flowed from fountains. Medieval Europeans believed it was a place inhabited by unicorns and flying dragons, ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

Here are some long hidden artifacts—from King Tut's treasures to underwater antiquities—getting their debut at the Grand ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Fly over the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This unique footage reveals the ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have found the 1,300-year-old burial of a warrior who was buried with a rare iron saber.

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The Grand Egyptian Museum, decades in the making, hopes to show off a nation’s history on the biggest scale possible ...

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