Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

The museum’s construction has been such a fiasco — mired by funding lapses, logistical hurdles, a pandemic, nearby wars, ...

I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that arose over decades, built ...

Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it's not a joke.

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...

The discovery consists of a royal pharaonic hieroglyphic inscription bearing a royal seal (cartouche) dating back to the Egyptian King Ramses III (1186–1155 BC). The minister emphasized the importance ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs ... Egyptian beliefs about death, resurrection and kingship. The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian ...