Museum Director Brent Benjamin said this morning the museum won't meet a May 15 deadline set by Egyptian antiquities authorities to return the mask. The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt claims ...

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, ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- Federal prosecutors have filed motions to seize an Egyptian mummy mask they believe was taken from Egypt illegally before it was bought by the St. Louis Art Museum. The civil forfeiture ...

CAIRO -- King Tut hasn't been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: After a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh's beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prosecutors ...

There was no masking the fun these kids were having at Fairfield Museum and History Center in one of the programs offered Wednesday by the museum for the week-long February school vacation. The "Mad ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt put the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun back on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Wednesday evening after the relic was repaired following a botched attempt to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Art Museum is going to court to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen nearly two decades ago. The museum filed a ...

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Federal prosecutors have filed motions to seize an Egyptian mummy mask from the St. Louis Art Museum. The civil forfeiture documents filed Wednesday by the U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis also ...