A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Egypt has said thousands of artefacts can remain in British museums, but renewed its calls for the Rosetta Stone to be ...

Join Jahannah James on a journey through the British Museum, where artifacts from Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia reveal the ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility.

After years of neglect and controversy, Britain's premier cultural institution seems to be finding its feet again.

Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural ...

Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural treasure from the UN's cultural agency on Wednesday, as Cairo makes a ...

Archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo is working to create an online database of Sudan's archaeological sites and museum collections ...

Rise and Fall (BBC Two) is that it has nothing to do with Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series Civilisation, despite the BBC telling us otherwise. In marketing-speak to make you wince, the corporation ...

China's use of rammed earth to make loess platforms with wooden structures on top, evolved from the Loess Plateau and ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as "one of the most important" ...