While his interest in ancient Greco-Roman sculpture served as a wellspring of inspiration, an often overlooked part of his ...

Winter is the ideal time to visit Luxor's Valley of the Kings, the millenia-old site of pharaonic tombs that houses the final resting place of King Tutankhamun (and possibly Queen Nefertiti). Despite ...

President John Dramani Mahama has extended warm congratulations to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the people of Egypt on the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, located just outside ...

Egypt has opened the Grand Egyptian Museum, a massive new archaeological museum. It showcases over 100,000 artefacts spanning 7,000 years of history. The museum's biggest attraction is the full ...

British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened. He had been in poor health for many years after ...

World leaders, including monarchs and heads of state, have attended the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. The long-delayed GEM houses more than 50,000 artifacts that show what life ...

Only moving to wipe the moisture off my heated brow in the searing Egyptian sun, I gazed open-mouthed as I stood in front of one of the most captivating panoramas I'd ever seen in my 47 years of life.

With the head of a jackal and the power to weigh souls, Anubis ruled over death in ancient Egypt. But the truth of his origins is more complex than legend suggests. Going gray may have a hidden health ...

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market closed lower on Sunday, snapping a four-session winning streak due to soft oil prices, while Egypt's index reached a fresh all-time high. Sign up here.