The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to ...

Apollo, the Greek god of light, harmony, and divine reason, illuminates the cosmos, guides prophecy, and brings order to all ...

From China to Greece, these are the superheroes whose origins and power sets are inspired by some of the most fantastic ...

From the dawn of civilization, humanity has sought answers to the mysteries of existence — creation, life, death, and the divine. Every culture developed its ...

For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

Five things you shouldn't miss in this museum, 30 years in the making. Ramses II was a bit of a megalomaniac. He ruled ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

A circle of figures, cloaked in ritual robes, stands in a clearing as the last light of day disappears behind the trees. A ...

The Khufu Boats Museum at the GEM is reviving a 4,600-year-old journey to the afterlife.

He moved the royal city from Amarna back to Thebes and returned his people to a polytheistic society (belief in more than one god). He also added ‘amun ... wasn’t discovered until later on. Ancient ...

Black cats have fascinated the world for centuries, whether as witches' companions, protectors or symbols of both good and bad luck. DW presents some fascinating facts about these felines, including ...