Archaeologists excavating the Saqqara site in Egypt found burials from over 4,600 years ago, masks, amulets and other ancient artifacts, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a series of tombs dating from about 1,800 to 4,800 years ago, some of which contain colorful mummy masks and even the childlike statue of the god of silence, ...

Washington Middle School sixth graders in Lisa Peterson, Cathy Pitts, Shane Knapp, Joel Sopak and Jennifer Lachajczyk’s classes not only learned about ancient civilizations, but also used their ...

ST. LOUIS -- If only the 3,000-year-old mummy mask at the Saint Louis Art Museum could talk. Maybe then the mystery of its rightful owner could be laid to rest, much like it was in an ancient Egyptian ...

A German art collector lost out in his attempt to retain possession of an ancient mask deemed to have been looted from Egypt Friday, after a German court rejected his claim and upheld an earlier ...

Museum Director Brent Benjamin said this morning the museum won't meet a May 15 deadline set by Egyptian antiquities authorities to return the mask. The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt claims ...

CAIRO – King Tut hasn’t been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: after a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh’s beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prosecutors ...

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Forgotten by time and obscured by the desert, a collection of ancient burials — and their treasures — went unnoticed in Egypt. Not anymore. A joint team of Egyptian and Japanese archaeologists ...