The coronavirus, which first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, had up until 11 February killed 1,016 people with 42,638 confirmed cases in China alone. Fears of infection have stimulated huge ...

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 ...

Egypt is looking for alternate suppliers of protective masks other than China amid a crisis of a massive surge in demand triggered by a coronavirus outbreak in China, including Vietnam, India, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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