Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Walking into the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the first things you’ll see is a 36-foot-tall, 82-ton granite statue of Ramesses II, a mighty Egyptian pharaoh who ruled more than 3,300 years ago.

The Grand Egyptian Museum will undergo a brief closure from June 15 to July 5 as it enters its final stretch of preparations before fully opening to the public, according to local media reports.

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Image The innermost of Tutankhamen’s three nested coffins, on display at the old Egyptian Museum. The entire collection of the boy king’s artifacts will soon be exhibited at the Grand Egyptian ...

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Former King of Egypt, Ahmed Fuad II, celebrated his visit with his son to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in the Fustat area of Cairo. The former King and his son, Mohamed Ali ...

Sudan Looted Mummy coffins lie destroyed ... northern Sudan and reassembled at the museum in the 1960s to escape the rising waters of Lake Nasser from Egypt's construction of the High Dam.

Also remaining are three pharaonic temples that were moved from northern Sudan and reassembled at the museum in the 1960s to escape the rising waters of Lake Nasser from Egypt's construction of the ...

Also remaining are three pharaonic temples that were moved from northern Sudan and reassembled at the museum in the 1960s to escape the rising waters of Lake Nasser from Egypt's construction of ...