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 ...

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 piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how ...

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 ...

New show comes more than half a century after the original Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition opened at the British Museum ...

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 ...

The museum worked with the Thames Valley Ancient Egyptian Society (TVAES) to create the year-long display. Visitors to the museum will be able to see human footprints left on an ancient tunic ...

The Egyptian funerary boat on display at the Ure Museum is a typical tomb offering from ancient Egypt, and symbolizes the transport of the dead person or their soul, from life to the afterlife.

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

It's worth noting that the Great Sphinx of Giza originally had a cobra on its forehead as part of its headdress, though it ...