As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

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More than 150 conservators and 100 archaeologists labored quietly for over a decade to restore thousands of artefacts for the ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

LUXOR, Egypt — King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public — more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ...

In Luxor, Egypt, a ‘lost city of gold’ is gradually revealing the story of its construction and sudden abandonment more than 3,000 years ago. Its remains could reveal more about the troubled years of ...

Women adorned in traditional garments and jewelry encircle men dancing with swords and elaborate head coverings in the ...

From a science museum in the Grand Palais to the long-awaited opening of the Studio Museum, here're the new museums opening ...

Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in ...

A toxic fungus determined to be behind the "curse" of Tutankhamun’s tomb can help fight cancer, scientists believe. The deadly mould, Aspergillus flavus, often grows in long-sealed tombs and can ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...