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

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...

With a blend of opulence and intellectual inquiry, the show balances spectacle with historical and artistic depth.

While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, is now slated to open at the end of 2025. Here's how to get a sneak peek and what's on display.

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced the discovery of another 100 sarcophagi found in three new burial shafts at ...

According to Egypt's government, the museum spans 100,000 square meters, with 45,000 for exhibits and the rest housing a library, labs, cinema, shops and restaurants. Housing 100,000 artifacts ...

Twenty miles south of Cairo, on the Nile's west bank, where riverfed crop fields give way to desert, the ancient site of Saqqara is marked by crumbling pyramids that emerge from the sand like ...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron started talks dominated by the Israel-Gaza war on Sunday with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after arriving in Cairo. On Monday, Macron, Sisi and ...

The French president will also have a private visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum before its scheduled opening in July. On Tuesday, Macron will visit the city of Al-Arish, located in the northern Sinai ...

Working with their Egyptian colleagues, archaeologists from the Penn Museum have unearthed the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who ruled about 3,600 years ago. The discovery in January was made 23 feet ...

Many cruise itineraries include a Cairo add-on with outings to the Giza pyramids, Great Sphinx and long-awaited new Grand Egyptian Museum, which fully opens in 2025, showcasing treasures from ...