When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

If you want to impress a New Yorker with our cosmopolitan Minneapolis, don’t take them to the theater or the art museum. Take them to the U.S. Bank Plaza downtown, and point to the scaffolding that ...

In 41 B.C.E., Egyptian queen Cleopatra convinced Mark Antony, her political ally and lover, to arrange the murder of her own ...

The papyrus containing the only word written by Cleopatra herself that has survived to the present day. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin ...

The Department of Antiquities of the State of Libya and the Cleveland Museum of Art have agreed to a transfer of a statue ...

The 2,200-year-old Ptolemaic Dynasty-era statue was believed to have been looted during World War II from a museum now ...

When I was a kid, I wanted to be … a fashion designer and Egyptologist. I’ve always loved art and being creative, so I ...

For years, it was speculated that the tomb might house the remains of historical figures such as Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) or his wife Cleopatra. However, these theories ...

Those who know him best say Ahmed Hassanein isn’t close to reaching his full potential, even as he made history this weekend as the first Egyptian ever chosen in the NFL draft. Perhaps that’s ...

One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, a spectacular 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk was erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris, after it had been gifted to France by the viceroy of Egypt.