Decades in the making, Egypt's Grand Museum opens with a huge spectacle

For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

Earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile from Egypt reveals the African origins of seagoing crocs

In the Egyptian Western Desert, where red sandstones and green shales rise above the arid plains of Kharga Oasis, ...
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Ancient crocodile from Egypt rewrites the origins of its entire family

Wadisuchus kassabi, an ancient crocodile from Egypt, shows crocodiles lived in the sea, offering insight into reptile ...

Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all ...
Discover Magazine

Ancient Crocodile Fossil from Egyptian Desert Rewrites One of Earth's Greatest Survival Stories

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this ...
Artnet

Ancient Egyptian DNA Fully Sequenced for the First Time

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...
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After Nigeria, Egypt awaits return of stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture from the Netherlands

In a growing wave of cultural restitution across Africa, Egypt is set to reclaim a 3,500-year-old sculpture from the ...