In a growing wave of cultural restitution across Africa, Egypt is set to reclaim a 3,500-year-old sculpture from the ...
When Egypt officially opened the doors of its $1 billion treasure trove of ancient artifacts on November 1, the great and the good of world politics stood in the shadow of King Ramses II. Eleven ...
How do you carve, transport, and erect a single block statue weighing over 1,000 tons—out of composite quartzite, flint, or ...
The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
The Grand Egyptian Museum spans an impressive 500,000 square meters, making it the world's largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilization. Housing more than 100,000 artifacts ...
Archaeologists have made a number of historic discoveries while excavating the ancient Greek City of Laodicea, which housed a church mentioned in the Bible. Among the most notable discoveries was a 2, ...
The Netherlands has said it will return a stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt. It is "highly likely" the stone head, ...