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Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

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(For now, Tutankhamen’s gold funeral mask ... Image A limestone statue of the pharaoh Djoser at the old Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. (Djoser is famous for his step pyramid, considered ...

The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

The museum’s construction has been such a fiasco — mired by funding lapses, logistical hurdles, a pandemic, nearby wars, ...

I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that arose over decades, built ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...