Thousands of years before modern history began, advanced civilisations rose along the Nile—and some vanished without a trace. What they left behind still baffles archaeologists today ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.

The Grand Egyptian Museum has opened its doors to the public after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a massive limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a human, has long represented the power of ancient Egypt.

The statement comes soon after Israel confirmed the killing of four Hezbollah members, further straining the fragile ceasefire agreement.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...