Few stories intertwine history and myth as dramatically as the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb; and the fate of the man who sponsored its discovery ...

History comes alive in Cairo as the Grand Egyptian Museum reveals Tutankhamun’s full tomb and 7,000 years of Egyptian heritage under one roof. Check out pics.

There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the ...

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After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens its doors to the public on Tuesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi witnesses this Saturday evening the opening of the Great Egyptian Museum, with the ...

Located near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum has finally opened after two decades ...

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On Nov. 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated by a Jewish extremist following a peace rally in ...

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

It has 12 major galleries that display antiques installed chronologically from prehistoric times to the Roman era ...

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