Institution has been faulted for a lack of oversight in determining what artefacts were legally exported and sold

New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"

More than 100 painted coffins have been found at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo

The finding of 59 sarcophagi and dozens of statuettes in Saqqara is just “the beginning of the big discovery” Egypt’s antiquities minister says

An art trail around the 4,500-year-old heritage site will feature works that reflect on ancient Egypt’s enduring influence on artists

We take a tour of Egypt’s vast antiquities museum—the future home of Tutankhamun’s treasures—before its long-awaited opening in 2021

Lawyer says Egypt breached heritage protection laws by contracting a private company to tour the artefacts

Rose Issa, curator and friend of the artist, shares the life story of one of the most important sculptors in the Arab world

Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021

Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of antiquities, corrals international team of experts to press institutions for return of important artefacts

A new article implements harsher fines and imprisonment for abusing archaeological sites and museums and smuggling antiquities out of the country

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

Outspoken former minister also wants to stage the show in Valley of the Kings in 2022

Exhibition of street artist Bahia Shehab's work opens at Aga Khan Centre Gallery in King's Cross

US and Egyptian officials presided over handover at a repatriation ceremony in New York

The loaf, made with yeast extracted from an artefact at the MFA Boston, could provide valuable insight into ancient civilisations

Famous Ancient Egyptian artefact transferred from Luxor tomb to Cairo for delicate conservation work ahead of museum opening

Egyptian authorities had tried to stop the sale claiming that the 3,000 year old quartzite sculpture should be repatriated

Travelling show of 150 artefacts started in Los Angeles and is going to Paris and London

Describing itself as a victim of fraud, museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation

But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London

Decade-long effort with Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities results in a ventilation and filtration system

Egyptian government hopes vast museum near Pyramids of Giza will win back international tourists

Scroll hidden in animal mummy may lead to the discovery of more old texts

The pharaonic new museum will not make up for misguided policies

Show examines role of Art et Liberté in international fight against fascism, nationalism and colonialism

Five years after the uprisings in Cairo, the spirit of the protests lives on in cultural projects

Drawings by the Sudanese artist will be shown in full for the first time in Istanbul this month charting an arc from hope to violence

Nations are taking contrasting approaches to the region’s continuing political and social chaos