Toby Wilkinson's new book The Last Dynasty - Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra is a definitive and ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Archaeologists excavated a ...

A 12-year-old girl discovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet near Hod Hasharon, Israel, which is now on display in ...

In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques ...

Enjoy exclusive events, unlimited access to exhibitions and the Members' Room, plus discounts in the Museum shops, cafés and restaurants. Whether you explore the galleries or the new Silk Roads ...

In ancient Egyptian lore, the god Bes was responsible for fertility and had a penchant for mischief. “He’s a beer drinker and ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys 150 years of Black artists turning to ancient Egypt.

The cultural shift in institutions continues as “ Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now ” headlines at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This new exhibit, which opened Nov. 17 at ...

The main entrance to the suspected temple is thought to lie behind the monumental gateway, according to researchers.

Turin's Museo Egizio is celebrating its bicentennial with a gallery redesign, new exhibits, and commissions from contemporary ...

In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor ...

Archaeologists hailed the discovery of an intact Ptolemaic temple pylon in Sohag, a city on the western bank of the Nile in ...