Egyptian authorities recovered a marble head of Aphrodite and the stone foundations of a Roman basilica from the ancient city ...

A handprint left by an Egyptian potteraround 4,000 years ago has been discovered on the underside of a clay “soul house,” a type of funerary object placed in tombs. Hidden from view since the day it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal authorities have recovered more than a dozen ancient Egyptian artifacts illegally smuggled into the United States and ...

The Brilliant Blue Paint Covering This Lavish Room in Ancient Pompeii May Have Cost More Than Half the Annual Salary of a ...

"The artifacts were handed over by the American authorities to the Egyptian Embassy in the U.S., and they arrived in Egypt about two weeks ago," Nevine El-Aref, the ministry's media adviser, told CBS ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

Egypt has recovered two ancient artifacts from Belgium following a decade-long effort, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on December 2. In 2015, Belgian authorities responded ...

One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea, but its dating during the late 17th or 16th century BCE remained ...

The federal government has seized back 14 Egyptian artifacts collectively valued at millions of dollars — at least one of which was on its way to a private collector in Edgewater — the U.S. Attorney’s ...

The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take ...

Installation view of "Divine Egypt," now open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 2026 Anna-Marie Kellen / Courtesy of the Met This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking ...

CAIRO — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ...