Walking into the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the first things you'll see is a 36-foot-tall, 82-ton granite statue of Ramesses II, a mighty Egyptian pharaoh who ruled more than 3,300 years ago.

Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs with canopic jars and hundreds of statues, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto The summaries below ...

Archaeologists working in northern Egypt uncovered a tablet rivaling the Rosetta Stone in its importance to decoding ancient language. Trnava University via Unsplash When Napoleon’s army accidentally ...