The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host its grand opening on July 3, ...

Inside these chambers, the team found 10 mummies, two of them gilded. Other discoveries include an alabaster bust of ...

The mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

When the beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, employees tried to reattach it with glue. When the botched restoration was noticed it made ...

But Egyptian texts covering the walls inside the ... of the American University in Cairo. The tilted mask on this coffin, carved separately, may indicate that the deceased could not afford higher ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

The wife of former Senator Bob Menendez was convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars, cash and a Mercedes Benz in exchange ...

A decade ago, some cleaners at the Egyptian Museum damaged Tutankhamun’s burial mask. The opening of the impressive Grand Egyptian Museum was repeatedly delayed. But there is little risk that ...

The main attraction here is the Tutankhamun exhibit, which features treasures from King Tut's tomb, including his golden funeral mask. And although it costs an additional 100 Egyptian pounds (or $ ...