Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians kept baboons in captivity—and then mummified them
Archeologists exhumed the primates' skeletons from Egypt's Valley of the Monkeys to discover how they lived 2,500 years ago
Alleged head of Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring arrested in Paris
Serop Simonian was arrested in his hometown of Hamburg and transferred to France
Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza form backdrop for spectacular contemporary art show
The annual exhibition is one of several contemporary art events taking place in the region
Egyptian Museum in Turin to undergo €23m renovation with two-storey ‘agora’ at its heart
The mission of the project, designed by OMA architects, is to make the museum more accessible to the public
Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit against papyrus scholar changes venues
The company’s case against Oxford-based American papyrist Dirk D. Obbink revolves around ancient papyrus fragments it purchased for its Washington, DC institution, the Museum of the Bible
British Museum makes biggest-ever international loan for Ancient Egypt blockbuster in Melbourne
The National Gallery of Victoria’s Pharaoh exhibition will open next year with 500 pieces from the London institution's permanent collection
Switzerland returns stolen fragment of ancient Ramesses II statue to Egypt
The fragment, plundered in the 1980s or 1990s, was seized in a criminal case in Geneva
Egypt cancels Dutch museum's dig licence for exhibition exploring Black culture
The show tracks the influence of ancient Egypt on musicians such as Beyoncé, Miles Davis and Fela Kuti, however, the country's tourism and antiquities ministry has accused the curators of "Afrocentrism"
Dutch exhibition on Black culture and ancient Egypt faces social media backlash
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden has reportedly been criticised for “portraying Tutankhamun as Black”
Riddle of ancient Egypt’s ‘impossible’ sculpture is finally solved—in Scotland
Pioneering research by a National Museums of Scotland curator finds statue reflects a village of eminent tomb-makers
Archaeologists discover ancient tunnel at Great Pyramid of Giza that may lead to King Khufu’s tomb
The international team of scientists used radiography and endoscopy techniques to peer inside the structure
'Where the swords met bone': Archaeological evidence found of Ancient Egyptian rebellion mentioned on the Rosetta Stone
Excavations at Tell Timai in northern Egypt has found remains from the failed Great Revolt against the Ptolemaic rulers
A bracing VR ride through Ancient Egypt accompanies Ramses II exhibition
A traveling exhibition about the Pharoah of Pharaohs includes ancient artefacts on loan from Egypt, curatorial texts and a $20 VR experience “guided” by Ramses II’s queen, Nefertari
No plans to return Berlin's star museum attractions Nefertiti and Pergamon Altar, German official says
Statement comes after Berlin state secretary for diversity and anti-discrimination spoke out in favour of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin
Cy Twombly's ties to the past: exhibition explores how US artist drew on ancient cultures of Greece, Rome and Egypt
Travelling show debuted at the Getty and now opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
US government returns looted sarcophagus to Egypt
A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned
Discovery of 60 mummies in Egyptian city of Luxor points to elaborate burial ground
A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year
British Museum’s cracking tale of ancient Egyptian code, scholarly rivalry, sex and a magic bath
A new exhibition based around the Rosetta Stone marks 200 years since hieroglyphs were deciphered
Four things you probably didn’t know about Tutankhamun’s mask
To mark 100 years since its discovery, Garry Shaw, the author of a new biography of the Egyptian Boy King, reveals some little-known facts about the world’s most famous death mask
New exhibition looks at how the West created the fantasy of Ancient Egypt
Show at Norwich's Sainsbury Centre includes work by contemporary artists to aid a postcolonial interpretation of Egypt's heritage
US customs agents seize Ancient Egyptian lid for mummy liver
The artefact, seized in Memphis, Tennessee, was en route to a collector who is believed to have falsified statements regarding its value
‘Return Rosetta Stone to Egypt’ demands country’s leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass
The former Egyptian antiquities minister leans into the current restitution conversation, calling again for the return of three prized antiquities from European museums
Egyptian antiquities connected to international trafficking ring seized from Metropolitan Museum in New York
Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez
Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo '99%' ready as contractor promises 'theatrical' Tutankhamun gallery
Egyptian government officials say the long-awaited antiquities museum near the Pyramids of Giza will probably open in November this year
Egypt's ancient road of 1,000 sphinxes, buried under sand for centuries, unveiled in spectacular ceremony
The path, which was rediscovered in 1949, connects the temples of Luxor and Karnak in the east of the country
Temple reliefs provide a rare glimpse into how artists made ancient Egyptian art
Less-experienced artists carved body parts, while master sculptors worked on faces among archaeologist's discoveries at the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
How an ancient Egyptian figure—with ties to Tutankhamun and Downton Abbey—found its way into a Sydney museum
Senseneb shabti is now on permanent display at Sydney University’s Chau Chak Wing Museum
'An important chap': archaeologists in Egypt discover the tomb of an ancient royal treasurer
The tomb from the time of King Ramesses II is the latest big discovery at Saqqara, south of Cairo
Contemporary art meets Ancient Egypt: new sculptures at the Pyramids of Giza
Plus, the New Museum Triennial and Édouard Manet's portrait of Zacharie Astruc