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The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, is now slated to open at the end of 2025. Here's how to get a sneak peek and what's on display.
Lizard Remains Found Inside 2,500-Year-Old Coffins from Ancient Egypt Researchers at the British Museum used neutron tomography to get a look inside the still-sealed metal boxes without damaging ...
A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go ...
A handprint left 4,000 years ago on a clay model crafted to go inside an Egyptian tomb has been discovered during preparation ...
Containing vast collections of treasures from the ancient world, the British Museum in London is a prodigious source of ...
The soul house, which dates to around 2055 to 1650 B.C.E., was originally excavated at Deir Rifa, a series of ancient ...
Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in the U.K. have uncovered a rare handprint left on ancient Egyptian pottery.
The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here’s a look inside.
A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s ...