As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

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The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

The National Museum of Funeral History houses the country’s largest collection of funeral service artifacts and memorabilia, offering a surprisingly upbeat look at how we’ve commemorated our dearly ...

The temporary closure of the Louvre on June 16 owing to heavy footfall, temperature fluctuations and more, has brought into focus the plight of major museums across the world, with many buckling under ...

Families from the UAE are seeking destinations that offer educational value alongside traditional holiday experiences ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: The women at the centre of Somalia's construction boom 'No-bra, no-exam' rule at Nigerian university sparks outrage ...

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian is the world’s largest research and museum complex, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and various research ...