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, ...

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 ...

Today the world of Egyptology faces a silent crisis – not of looting, although that plays a part, but of disconnection. Walk into any major museum, from Copenhagen to California, and you see glass ...

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 ...

The mummy mask of Ka-nefer-nefer stands in the Egyptian display at the St. Louis Art Museum on Feb. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden [email protected] The St. Louis Art Museum should not ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass asked state attorneys on Tuesday to sue the Saint Louis Art Museum to regain possession of a 3,200-year-old mask from the Pharaonic era that was ...

The restoration of King Tutankhamun's world-famous golden mask will begin Saturday, over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, Egypt's state-run news ...

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 ...