Egypt has reopened the 3,400-year-old tomb of Amenhotep III after more than 20 years of restoration, letting visitors descend 46 feet into the Valley of the Kings site

Visitors can now descend 46 feet underground into the newly reopened tomb of Amenhotep III, one of ancient Egypt's most ...
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Twenty years in the making: The Grand Egyptian Museum officially opens

After 20 years in the making, the billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo opened on Saturday. The GEM is the world's largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilisation, and showcases ...

He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to ...
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While excavating the first Egyptian pyramid ever built, archaeologists found sealed coffin. When they opened it, they discovered a 52-foot papyrus.

Few discoveries stop Egyptologists in their tracks, but this one did. During a routine excavation near Djoser’s Step Pyramid, the oldest of Egypt's pyramids, archaeologists brushed aside centuries of ...