The Grand Egyptian Museum King Tut galleries prepares for their grand opening, with the arrival of his ceremonial chair.

A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection. Depiction of the goddess Nut in the tomb of Ramses VI. A wavy curve may symbolize the Milky Way. Credit: Theban Mapping Project; ...

The 12th century B.C.E. was a period of seismic unrest across the Eastern Mediterranean and when Ramses III had overcome invasions by the Libyans and the mysterious Sea Peoples, he set about ...

Among the mysterious agents of the collapse of the Mycenaeans / Achaeans were the “Sea Peoples.” They were a confederation of ...

With a charming view of the world-famous Giza Pyramids and covering nearly 500,000 meters, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is ...

The museum’s Grand Staircase, an architectural marvel, rises six storeys high and leads visitors to a series of 12 exhibition halls. Along the staircase, visitors will pass statues of the legendary ...

We’re talking of a time when “Egyptologists” were thugs and tomb robbers ... s treasures or to be awed by monumental statues of Ramses. Not Petrie’s humble chess piece.

The most famous tomb is that of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, but the most spectacular for their frescos and hieroglyphics are those of Horemheb, Ramses III and Seti I. In the Valley of ...

But arguably the museum’s biggest draw, the Tutankhamen galleries, which will showcase more than 5,000 artifacts from the boy king’s tomb ... year-old statue of Ramses II, widely regarded ...

One part alone made little sense – but together, they named Ramses II and emphasized his divine status. Olette-Pelletier previously applied similar techniques to a child’s chair from the tomb of ...