As the spotlight beams on the Grand Egyptian Museum and its breathtaking opening, it’s easy to forget the thousands of people who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make it happen. Not all heroes ...

On October 22, the first-ever Egyptian-European summit convened, marking a milestone in relations between Egypt and Europe.

Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world's richest ...

The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture that turned up at a Dutch art fair to Egypt, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Sunday during a visit to the country, where he met with President ...

Dignitaries, including prime ministers and presidents from around the world, descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the ...

More than two decades in the making, the ultra-modern museum anticipates five million visitors annually, with never-before-seen relics on display.

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on ...

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Whether it's an ancient death mask found on an Egyptian sarcophagus or the selfie you have just cropped on your phone, we have been creating portraits for centuries. So why do we love them so much?

Two decades in the making, the museum located near the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx showcases over 50,000 artifacts detailing life in ancient Egypt.

The colossal project dates back to the 1990s. The huge site, next to the pyramids of Giza, is billed as the largest museum in ...

The GEM brings to life a shared story of partnership and mutual admiration, Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Iwai Fumio tells Al Ahram Weekly ...