GIZA, Egypt — Even before it opened 12 enormous galleries containing priceless artifacts this week, the Grand Egyptian Museum looked to be making history. Egypt is finally allowing the public to view ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...

Before archaeologists confirmed the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II last month, more than a century had passed since Howard Carter and a team of Egyptian laborers unearthed the tomb of ...

LONDON — For the first time, scientists have successfully decoded the complete genome of an ancient Egyptian who lived nearly 5,000 years ago. The results from this single individual challenge ...

Show more Show less Climate change is driving down the yield of jasmine farmers, who struggle to make a living in Egypt's precarious economy With lower yields, harvesting takes longer and many farmers ...

Khaled DESOUKI/AFP/AFP For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in recent summers, his basket has ...