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The exhibit appeared in Houston; San Francisco; Sydney, Paris, and Cologne before arriving in Japan in March. Continued demand has extended its scheduled run at Crevia Base Tokyo, a cavernous theater in front of the famous Toyosu fish market, past Oct. 31 to Jan. 4, 2026.
Khentika’s tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade. Mastabas were rectangular, flat-roofed structures with sloping sides built over underground burial chambers.
The seized items include a funerary statue valued at $6 million that likely came from an archaeological site near the ancient city of Memphis.
The federal government has seized back 14 Egyptian artifacts collectively valued at millions of dollars — at least one of which was on its way to a private collector in Edgewater — the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a ...
A priceless bracelet belonging to Pharaoh Usermaatre Amenemope was recently stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum and melted down by thieves for $4,000, echoing similar thefts over time.