For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

More than two decades in the making, the ultra-modern museum anticipates five million visitors annually, with never-before-seen relics on display.

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

After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to life.

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

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 ...

New DNA analysis and tomb inscriptions have revealed astonishing links between pharaohs once thought unrelated. From Thutmose ...

Among the red sandstones and green shales above the arid plains of Kharga Oasis, the partial skulls and jawbones of four ...

Forget about expensive London sights and tours and instead take Rick Steves' expert advice for spending an afternoon or ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have recently unearthed a 3,000-year-old fortress which has ties to the Book of Exodus.

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Pharaohs ruled by predicting the floods of one prominent river. This "aquatic highway" united north and south, fueling pyramids, mummies, temples, and rebirth. Discover the hidden connections between ...