An ancient necklace discovered with the face of King Tutankhamun on it could have revealed hidden rebirth rituals and ...

An image of Tutankhamun on a fragment from an ancient necklace has revealed new insights into the rituals of the elites ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

New evidence reveals that up to three royal women may have ruled Egypt before Tutankhamun ascended the throne. Inscriptions, ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is around 30 minutes’ drive from downtown Cairo and 2km from the Pyramids. You can book tickets and ...

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun’s mummified remains. What followed wasn’t scientific triumph – it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, ...

High above southeastern Turkey, a forgotten king’s dream of immortality has left behind huge stone figures, ancient myths, ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

I’M standing open-mouthed on the edge of the desert, south-west of Cairo, the magnificent Great Pyramid of Giza directly in ...

The golden coffin of Tutankhamun, the famous pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, has been exhibited in the Grand Egyptian Museum.

After decades of planning and construction, Egypt has officially inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in a spectacular ...