The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...

Step into the grandeur of the 111th grand ball, where Queen Bensel and her court dazzled amidst the sands of Egypt. A night ...

Ancient Greek Tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse led a daring invasion of Africa, shaping Sicily’s history and influencing ...

Making a truly flat surface is a modern engineering feat, and not a small one. Even making something straight without ...

In an "NBC News" primetime special, anchor [e.g., Kate Snow] investigates the forgotten Egyptian queen whose story reads like ...

Dr Zahi Hawass believes he is on the verge of making what he calls the most important discovery of Egypt's most important ...

It couldn’t be more aptly named because everything about the Grand Egyptian Museum is just that. It’s the world's largest archaeological museum, with more than 100,000 artefacts covering 7,000 years ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Egypt finds the lost tomb of Thutmose II near Luxor, and one royal detail reveals why archaeologists are fascinated.

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

CAIRO — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that were ...