Egypt may be home to the most famous pyramids, but the new three-hour Learning Channel documentary “Pyramids, Mummies and Tombs,” airing Sunday, notes that these ancient, mammoth religious structures ...

Bob Brier, considered one of the world’s foremost Egyptologists, will be offering a free talk, “Excavating Egyptomania,” at the Pequot Library in Fairfield’s Southport section. From Napoleon’s ...

Bob Brier is Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, whose previous books include The Murder of Tutankhamun, Egyptomania, Ancient Egypt, and, with Jean-Pierre Houdin, ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — This September, the Museum of Idaho is bringing a touch of ancient Egypt to Idaho Falls. The museum, which is currently hosting the popular Mummies of the World exhibit, ...

In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586--one of the great ...

WE ARE so familiar with the story of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s 3300-year-old tomb that it has acquired an almost mythical status. On 26 November 1922, Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, ...

Birth of a collection -- Rome and the birth of Egyptomania -- Napoleon on the Nile -- How an obelisk and a canal conquered France -- The amazing voyage of Cleopatra's needle -- Egypt for sale : ...