A 4,000-year-old handprint was discovered on the base of a clay model during preparations for an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, The Independent reported. The handprint was found on ...

A look at a truly mysterious painting, 'The Questioner of the Sphinx', by Elihu Vedder, and the context in which it was ...

A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go ...

For years, Egyptologists have been left baffled by the secrets of an ancient mummy known as Bashiri due to its intricate ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn ...

Most of us go about our lives thinking that death is a stranger we will only encounter once in our lives, that it will not suddenly sneak into our homes and steal away our loved ones. But, t ...

Raksha Dave, born in 1977, is a Pakistani living in Great Britain who is president of the Council for British Archaeology. She has appeared in British ...

The grasshopper, just a few inches long and made from painted wood with ivory wings, is expected to sell for about half a ...

During a ceremony at the Brussels Royal Museums of Art and History in the Jubel Park, the public prosecutor's office for the capital returned 2 Egyptian artefacts to the Egyptian authorities. The most ...

A tiny wooden grasshopper that Egyptologists believe was stolen from the tomb of Tutankhamun is going up for sale in London.

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Four of Cairo’s most inspiring residents share their best-kept tips and secrets for the vibrant, intoxicating city: Cairo ...