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This handout image released by Queensland Police on February 16, 2026, shows a recovered Egyptian artifact on display in the town of Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. (Handout / QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE / AFP)
February 16, 2026, 1:25 pm
Australian archaeology museum recovers Egyptian artifacts after break-in
Man charged with stealing mummy mask, jewelry and wooden cat and causing ‘irreparable damage’ to other items, says he believed Abbey Museum was tied to Catholic Church
By AFP
A 3,500-year-old granodiorite head sculpture, believed to originate from Luxor in southern Egypt, depicting a senior official from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BCE), which Dutch officials returned to Egypt, in the Hague, Netherlands February 5, 2026. (REUTERS/Milan Berckmans)
February 7, 2026, 3:34 pm
Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old looted sculpture to Egypt
Investigation revealed artifact had been stolen from country, probably during Arab Spring unrest in 2011
By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Milan Berckmans
Visitors look at the tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 BC and 1350 BC, in the Valley of Kings in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, October 4, 2025, as it opened to visitors for the first time in more than two decades. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
October 4, 2025, 8:03 pm
Egypt reopens Amenhotep III’s tomb after more than 20 years of renovations
Reopening of tomb in Valley of the Kings comes ahead of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s inauguration, as Cairo tries to revive tourism sector
By AHMED HATEM and Samy Magdy
These handout pictures released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on February 19, 2025 show the entrance to the tomb of King Thutmose II in Luxor in southern Egypt (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities / AFP)
February 19, 2025, 6:50 pm
Egypt unveils first ancient royal tomb discovered since Tutankhamun
Tomb uncovered near Valley of the Kings belonged to King Thutmose II; antiquities ministry hails find as ‘one of the most significant archaeological breakthroughs in recent years’
By AFP
A scarab amulet adorned with scorpions, the symbol of the Egyptian goddess Serket, in an image released on November 28, 2024. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 28, 2024, 3:01 pm
Girl, 12, finds 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet on hike in central Israel
Dafna Filshteiner discovered a small scorpion-adorned scarab amulet lying out in the open near Tel Qana outside of Hod Hasharon
By Gavriel Fiske
The "Screaming Woman," discovered in 1935 near Luxor, Egypt. (Sahar Saleem/Frontiers in Medicine)
August 2, 2024, 1:53 pm
Researchers say ancient ‘screaming’ mummy may have died with agonizing spasms
Scientists say woman, who was found in 1935 with expression resembling Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ may have suffered rare cadaveric spasm
By Will Dunham
A 3,000-year-old figurine of the Egyptian goddess Hathor found on the beach in Palmachim in 2023 (Yuli Shwartz/IAA)
June 13, 2023, 10:07 am
3,000-year-old Egyptian goddess figurine, a good luck symbol, washes up on beach
Little statuette of Hathor, widely used in Canaanite culture, found by woman out walking on Palmachim beach in southern Israel; IAA calls on public to report all antiquity finds
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, center, standing in front of an ancient wooden sarcophagus, speaks during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, January 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)
January 2, 2023, 3:39 pm
2,500-year-old looted sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
By AP
This photo provided by US.Customs and Border Protection shows an ancient Egyptian artifact. Federal agents in Memphis have seized the potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
August 28, 2022, 2:39 am
US agents seize potentially 3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe
Customs and Border Protection officials in Memphis intercept Egyptian jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety; jars used to hold mummies’ internal organs
By AP
Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, are displayed at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 31, 2022, 8:24 pm
Egypt displays newly discovered ancient artifacts from necropolis of Saqqara
Trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis
By Agencies
The pregnant Egyptian mummy is prepared for X-ray scans at a medical centre in Otwock near Warsaw, Poland in December 2015. (Warsaw Mummy Project)
April 30, 2021, 11:28 pm
Polish scientists find 1st ever pregnant Egyptian mummy
University of Warsaw professor says ‘a little foot’ was seen in the embalmed women’s belly: ‘That is why this mummy is truly unique’
By AFP
A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies in Cairo, Egypt, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo)
April 3, 2021, 11:13 pm
In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades 22 royal mummies through Cairo
18 pharaohs, including Ramses II, and four other royals transported on trucks to new museum in event meant to showcase country’s rich history, spur tourism
By Samy Magdy
Steve Green, the owner of Hobby Lobby and a founder and major backer of the Museum of the Bible, poses for a portrait at the museum, October 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 16, 2019, 5:13 pm
Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold stolen biblical papyrus fragments
Troubling revelation is newest glitch for scandal-plagued institution funded by Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green
By Yonat Shimron
In this December 16, 2018 photo, workers landscape grounds at the Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in front of the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
Vast complex will eventually hold some 50,000 artifacts, house a cinema, restaurants and a hotel in bid to help draw tourists back to the country after years of chaos
By Brian Rohan
This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows a lion's body and a human head, in the Temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan, Egypt. The Antiquities Ministry said on September 16, 2018 that the sphinx made of sandstone was found in the temple during work to protect the site from groundwater. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)
September 16, 2018, 7:39 pm
Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt
Sandstone figurine found in Temple of Kom Ombo during work to protect the site from groundwater; said to date to Ptolemaic times
By AP
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