While there are many historical events that stand out from over the years, the end of the Roman Empire can certainly be ...

Five miles northwest of Giza lies a site that shouldn’t exist - the so-called Pyramid of Abu Rawash. Officially, it was built by Khufu’s son, Djedefre, but the ruins don’t match any known Egyptian ...

The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take ...

For the first time ever, 4,500 masterpieces and King Tutankhamun’s tomb will be put on display together just over 100 years from when the tomb was discovered. NBC News’ Keir Simmons shares a preview ...

A historic turning point could unfold in just a few days. Geoffrey Kendrick, crypto head at Standard Chartered, suggests that one favorable week would suffice for bitcoin to never fall below 100,000 ...

Bitcoin price surged to $115,000 today, rising over 1% in 24 hours, as optimism over easing U.S.–China trade tensions and renewed investor appetite for risk assets lifted global markets. Bitcoin price ...

A long-held theory that a deadly epidemic triggered the sudden abandonment of Akhetaten, the short-lived capital of ancient Egypt, is now under serious doubt. A new study published in the American ...

Merit Ptah is often called the first woman doctor. Now, a researcher calls it a case of mistaken identity. For decades, an ancient Egyptian known as Merit Ptah has been celebrated as the first female ...

In an effort to attract more international tourists, the Egyptian Tourism Authority announced the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) overlooking the Pyramids of Giza. The museum is one of a ...

A German woman who stole the top of an ancient column in Olympia over half a century ago has returned it to Greece, the Greek culture ministry said Saturday. The capital of the column, made of ...