What it tells us about the past: The "Younger Memnon" is an 8.8-foot-tall (2.7 meter) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt that now stands in the British Museum in London.

After the British defeated the French, they took some of their most important finds, including the Rosetta Stone and the sarcophagus of the last Egyptian pharaoh. Later, the British Consul-General ...

The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s 3000-year history. But he’s the most famous because his largely unlooted tomb revealed its wealth of golden artworks ...

“It simulates the daily life and activities of the ancient Egyptians,” Mr. Ayman noted. Brightly colored exhibits line the inviting space. Areas for role playing allow young visitors to drive a ...

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, in profile. Cleopatra VII Philopator was a pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. She came from a Macedonian Greek family and is known for her beauty and her dramatic death, in which ...

They are certainly ready to shine a light on Egyptian culture that’s never been as bright before. The post A Pharaoh’s Playground: The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens GEM Childrens Museum appeared ...

Archaeologists with a joint American and Egyptian expedition near Luxor have uncovered a 4,000-year-old Middle Kingdom (1938 B.C.-1630 B.C.) tomb with several intact burials, Egyptian authorities ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...