Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.

One of the most famous tombs in all of Egypt was holding a family secret: another body.

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One of the museum's most well-known mummified remains is that of Lady Chenet-aa, who lived 3,000 years ago. The scans showed ...

In 1798, Napoleon invaded Egypt, and in 1799, Frederick Catherwood was born in England. As time passed, fate conspired to ...

More Chinese tourists are now exploring Egypt's deserts and the Red Sea. From July to August 2025, the On Top of the Pyramid: ...

12, 2024 shows a colored relief painting inside the tomb of an official of ancient Egypt in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt. The Saqqara necropolis is home to numbers of noble tombs, in ...

We went for 14 days and literally went all over Egypt. We got exclusive access to many sites not allowed to be seen by the ...

Tourists view colored relief paintings inside the tomb of a an official of ancient Egypt in Saqqara necropolis, south of ...