When he was asked whether he also wanted to see the tomb of the Ptolemies, Octavian replied: ‘I came to see a king, not ...

Archaeologists in Egypt found a rare fragment of Homer's "Iliad" atop a Roman-era mummy, the first literary text ever found ...

More than 100 objects never before seen in North America are headed to San Francisco's de Young Museum in "Treasures of the Pharaohs." ...

From Mildred Howard's long-awaited retrospective to "Treasures of the Pharaohs," these are the most anticipated Bay Area art ...

My first visit to London in 1997 was truly a dream come true, a journey that felt less like tourism and more like stepping ...

A middle-aged woman continuously shed tears before the golden mask of the boy pharaoh excavated from the darkness 3,300 years ago. This 110-kilogram solid gold mask once covered the mummy of ...

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Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II, the pharaoh believed to be a major character in the Old Testament. The statue was found at the Tel ...

Egyptian authorities unveiled a rare plaster wall from King Tutankhamun’s tomb and reopened two restored New Kingdom tombs in ...