History: The Egyptian Pyramids are the oldest and only surviving member of the ancient wonders.

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Periods of peace and wealth allowed people to invest more in the afterlife, leaving behind a lasting record of cultural and environmental history.

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Egyptian paleontologists have unearthed Wadisuchus kassabi, an 80-million-year-old fossil revealing Africa as the birthplace ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Archaeologists have discovered in Egypt what they said provides tangible evidence for the story of Moses in the Bible's Book ...

One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years shook the Greek island of Thera—today known as Santorini. The ...

In the long and often turbulent history of Egypt’s relations with Europe, moments of genuine renewal have been few and far between.