The break-in at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum could have been a disaster of historic proportions, a repeat of the rape of Baghdad’s multi-millennial heritage after Iraq’s equivalent museum was looted in ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s opening is reigniting calls for the return of the original Rosetta Stone. Former officials and Egyptologists demand restitution of key looted artifacts, citing colonial-era ...

When my mom asked me if I wanted to accompany her on a trip to Egypt, I said absolutely! I had been to the Middle East before, and I’d fallen in love a bit with the region. But Egypt was a new place I ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions. You won't find the western Luxor Obelisk at the Grand Egyptian ...

An Egyptian museum housing over 50,000 ancient artifacts that took two decades and $1 billion to build opened on Saturday just outside Cairo. Dignitaries from around the world were present for the ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has been heralded as one of the biggest cultural openings of the year. Located near the Pyramids of ...