As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

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

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

Across Oman’s mountains, wadis and coasts, the scents of rose and frankincense tell a tale that bridges the country’s past ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

Here are some long hidden artifacts—from King Tut's treasures to underwater antiquities—getting their debut at the Grand ...

King Tutankhamun's tomb is at risk of collapsing due to structural integrity issues, and one researcher from the University ...

The Khufu Boats Museum at the GEM is reviving a 4,600-year-old journey to the afterlife.

Egypt is intensifying its diplomatic and military engagement in the Horn of Africa to counter regional security threats and ...

Egypt is intensifying its diplomatic and military engagement in the Horn of Africa to counter regional security threats and protect its strategic interests in the Red Sea and N ...

"The new research provides unprecedented details about the evolution of the Karnak Temple - from a small island to one of the ...