Children in second through fifth grade will listen to stories from ancient Egypt, make a hieroglyphic book mark and portrait mask, and play "wrap the mummy" and "Egyptian dice" at a summer program ...

There is something magical about the idea of going to Egypt with the whole family. People frequently imagine the land of pharaohs, secret tombs, and huge pyramids as a place to visit only in ...

Let’s start with this secret: Mummies weren’t spooky to the ancient Egyptians. “Nowadays, when we look at anything dead, we consider it to be creepy,” says Egyptologist and National Geographic ...

“The GEM will offer foreign and Egyptian visitors a unique opportunity to explore more than 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian history.” “The GEM is the largest archaeological museum complex in the world ...

The highlight of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s (GEM) opening ceremony on Saturday was the display of King Tutankhamun’s complete collection for the first time since its discovery over a century ago, ...

The first thing you might not know about obelisks is what they are. If you have ever visited the Washington Monument, however, or walked across the Place de la Concorde in Paris, or seen any rendering ...

The $1.2B Grand Egyptian Museum is now open, located near the Giza pyramids. It is the world's largest archaeological museum, housing over 100,000 artifacts. For the first time, King Tut's entire ...

Call us morbid, but we consider the process of mummification endlessly fascinating. First things first: Mummification isn't exclusive to Egypt. The oldest known mummies actually hail from Chile, and ...