For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

A new study, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, aims to show that the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten was ...

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

The museum is one of the mega-projects championed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who since taking office in 2014 ...

Many of the 50,000 artifacts in the GEM were moved from the Egyptian Museum, a packed, century-old building in downtown Cairo ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal tombs were protected. The whistle made from a cow’s toe bone was recovered ...

Dabbs of Southern Illinois University and Anna Stevens of Monash University reviewed the archaeological and bioarchaeological ...