Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...

Over the past weeks, South Africa has hosted diplomatic and cultural events that brought together leaders, ambassadors and ...

Researchers believe that these findings will bring a new change in the understanding of ancient medical and medicinal ...

Royalty and perfume share a connection stretching back thousands of years, through palaces perfumed with frankincense and ...

The fifth edition of the exhibition sees large-scale installations from world-famous artists set against the famous pyramids ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

Tiny symbols engraved into ancient Roman drinkware may be more than merely decorative accents. After two years of research, ...

Egypt's historic treasures can be found in famous museums all around the world. Those in Egypt's possession, though, finally have an institution with the space to house and display them properly. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Not far from my parents’ grave in a London cemetery is a striking mausoleum in solid Egyptian style. Colonel ...

After several decades in development, Egypt formally opened the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, unveiling what officials called the world’s largest archaeological museum in a star-studded ceremony ...

The Dutch Queen stepped out in the eye-catching piece to host a lunch alongside her husband, King Willem-Alexander ...