Spread out on a table by US Homeland Security staff, the collection of 590 ancient Egyptian artefacts was a treasure trove of antiquities – including gold amulets, figurines and tablets. Suspicious ...

Home to some of the world’s most extraordinary artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is ...

The British Museum reveals a fascinating collection of ancient artifacts that push the ... from Easter Island and the polished statues of Egypt’s earliest dynasties. It also covers the ...

His enduring legacy owes much to the spectacular discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, which ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster show focused on King Tutankhamun, the young pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt ...

For centuries, ancient Egyptian mummies have been the most reliable crowd-pleasers in museums across Britain. London's British Museum alone holds over 100 mummies - bodies wrapped in linen and ...

and two and a half times the British Museum, according to its director. "The landscape of Egypt contributed to this rich civilisation and we wanted to reflect that in the design," said Roisin ...

The British Museum received 6.5 million visitors in 2024, its highest number since 2015, The Art Newspaper's annual visitor figure report has revealed. The total places it third in our survey ...