Egyptian campaigners have demanded its return, saying that the British Museum's holding of the stone is a symbol of "Western cultural violence against Egypt". Elsewhere in Africa, Nigeria has ...

She indicated that the mural dates back 6000 years, and it was transferred from the tomb to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir in 1898 and was reconstructed in the early 20th Century. In cooperation ...

Indeed, on July 19, 1799, French troops were merely fortifying an old fort in Rashid, or Rosetta, Egypt, to prepare for a looming battle with the Ottoman army. According to the British Museum ...

The paddle doll, also from Ancient Egypt, is on display in the British Museum. The doll's hair is of sun-baked clay strung on flax thread. The doll's body is of wood and decorated with fertility ...

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Shortly after it was uncovered by French Napoleonic troops in Egypt in 1799, it was seized by the British and transferred to the British Museum, where it has remained prominently on display for ...

Egypt is set to inaugurate the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the world's largest museum, on 3 July, CEO of the GEM Authority ...

An immersive “Tutankhamun experience” combining ancient Egyptian artefacts with cutting ... Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum in 1972 was one of the biggest blockbuster ...