Ancient Egypt
Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum seeks to recover ancient Egyptian jars before auction
The vessels, containing 2,600-year-old mummified internal organs, are due to be sold in Munich tomorrow
Archaeologist launches private bid to retrieve priceless Egyptian treasures from European museums
Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of antiquities, corrals international team of experts to press institutions for return of important artefacts
Queen Nefertari’s tomb brought back from the dead in Kansas City
Although the “Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt” is more than 3,000 years old, a new show aims to enliven it with sculptures, sarcophagi and a little help from a video game
Tutmania returns. Plus, Duchamp in the US
We review Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh at London's Saatchi Gallery and talk about the Modern master Marcel Duchamp at the Hirshhorn Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Tutankhamun blockbuster will head to Boston
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, which opened in London this weekend, will also tour to Australia, Japan, Canada and South Korea
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass creates Tutankhamun opera to mark opening of Grand Egyptian Museum
Outspoken former minister also wants to stage the show in Valley of the Kings in 2022
Historians bake sourdough bread with yeast that could date to ancient Egypt
The loaf, made with yeast extracted from an artefact at the MFA Boston, could provide valuable insight into ancient civilisations
Golden touch up: King Tutankhamun's coffin undergoes first ever restoration at new Grand Egyptian Museum
Famous Ancient Egyptian artefact transferred from Luxor tomb to Cairo for delicate conservation work ahead of museum opening
Protestors gather outside Christie's as ancient head of Tutankhamen sells for £4.7m
Egyptian authorities had tried to stop the sale claiming that the 3,000 year old quartzite sculpture should be repatriated
Possible unmapped chambers discovered near Tutankhamun’s tomb
Researchers have found two anomalies in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Gilded coffin gives Met a golden opportunity
To prevent similar high-profile losses in the future, the Met should hire a permanent, full-time provenance curator
St. Louis show sniffs out why Egyptians smashed noses
Exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation explores how Pharaohs and Christians alike went in for vandalising and “killing” icons
King Tutankhamun’s treasures come to London's Saatchi Gallery before returning to Egypt forever
150 ancient artefacts will be displayed in a major exhibition commemorating the centenary of the discovery of the pharaoh’s tomb
Tutankhamun treasure tour exhibition drums up funds for new Egyptian museum
Travelling show of 150 artefacts started in Los Angeles and is going to Paris and London
British Museum teams up with Louvre for revamp of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London
Berlin Kulturforum surveys the long history of alchemy
Spanning 3000 years, the exhibition covers the Egyptian origins of alchemy to its influence on contemporary artists such as Koons
Sex changes: ancient Egypt and contemporary feminism at the Brooklyn Museum
Recent research explains why women masqueraded as men on their coffins
The Greeks in Egypt: on Sunken Cities at the British Museum
The exhibition explores the interactions between two great civilizations
Pimp my coffin: Ancient Egyptian priest changed sarcophagus as his career progressed
Research for Fitzwilliam Museum's new show reveals that in antiquity funerary arrangements were made well in advance
Turin’s Egyptian museum dedicates gallery to Italian student murdered in Cairo
Hall of Deir el-Medina to become memorial to Giulio Regeni
One God to rule them all: Garry Shaw on Faith After the Pharaohs at the British Museum
The exhibition beautifully captures how religion shaped the region
Have mummies, will travel
CT scans reveal secrets of Field Museum’s Peruvian and Egyptian treasures before they are sent on the road
"Naked scanners" being used to research mummies
A new use for airport screening technology
“This mask belongs to Egypt”: Zahi Hawass demands repatriation of ancient Saqqara mask
Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is asking the St Louis Art Museum to return an supposedly looted antiquity
Mask on display at St Louis Art Museum "belongs to Egypt”
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is asking the museum to return an antiquity he says was looted from Saqqara
As major Egyptian exhibitions open in Venice and Washington, the complex case of the European exploitation of Egyptian archaeology is given a timely airing
Book Review: Whose Pharaohs?
François Pinault loses Egyptian antiquity case
Controversy over statue which dates from 1850-1720 BC
Agatha Christie and the Orient: Adventures on the Nile.
With over 200 objects on loan from the British Museum an exhibition which charts Agatha Christie’s travels in the Orient.