The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) overlooking the Giza Plateau received 418 artefacts from the collection of third dynasty King Djoser for restoration before they are put on display at their permanent location at the GEM during its official opening.

It turns out people's top priority in an airport, besides making their flight, is staying hydrated.

Armed with a spray gun and lugging buckets of flour, water, and pigment, a French artist has overcome storms and burrowing moles to turn a hectare of Swiss hillside into what is believed to be the world’s largest painting on grass.

Lily Tomlin, one of America's most enduring comic actresses, will receive a lifetime achievement award in January from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the group announced on Thursday.

Children who grow up on traditional Amish farms in the US are largely protected from asthma because their immune systems are bolstered by close contact with farm animals’ microbes, researchers say.

Women should have the chance to get long-acting birth control like intrauterine devices (IUDs) before they leave the hospital with a new baby, a leading group of US obstetricians recommends.

Egyptian director Kamla Abouzekri’s Yom Lel Setat (A Day for Women) will open the 38th Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled to run between 15 and 24 November, according to a press release issued by the festival on 5 August.

The restoration centre at the yet-to-opened Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking the Giza Plateau has started a radar survey on the alabaster statue of King Menkawre, transported two weeks ago from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo.

There isn’t much evidence to conclusively prove that daily sunscreen use can prevent most skin cancers, a research review concludes.

Lebanese musician Rima Khcheich is set to hold a concert on 26 August at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Open Air Theatre as part of the ongoing 14th annual International Summer Festival.

Vacations are times to kick back and relax, but getaways can also be a source of friction among families, friends or couples, as back-seat driving or paying restaurant bills cause tempers to fray. Here are a few tips from Sonia Prades, a psychologist specializing in family relationships, on how to ensure a stress-free summer break. Today we're focusing on how to avoid friends becoming your worst enemies.

The ongoing National Theatre Festival that runs between 19 July and 8 August offers a large assortment of plays, 37 of which participate in the official competition.

Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany is to embark Thursday on an inspection tour of the halls of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) to follow up the latest work undertaken in a temporary exhibition that will soon be held in the museum's temporary exhibition hall.

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir awarded the grant of the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).

Younan performed at the Cairo Opera House on 2 August and is scheduled to hold a second concert Thursday, 4 August, at Bibliotheca Alexandrina's open-air theatre

There's not a lot of green in the urban jungle of Sao Paulo, but thanks to Fernanda Danelon, restaurants in the Brazilian mega-city are turning their waste back into food at innovative gardens tucked amid the skyscrapers.

Held between 5 and 10 August My Armenia (Im Hayastan) is a Pan Armenian festival held every few years in the capital, Yerevan, which also expands to other Armenian cities.

Scientists on Monday reported fresh evidence for an inherited risk for depression, uncovering 17 genetic variations which they linked to major depressive disorder (MDD).

The eldest son of actor Michael Douglas has been released from prison after serving seven years for drug trafficking, and is now in a halfway house in New York, US media reported on Monday.

A new US study suggests that how a couple divides up both paid and unpaid labor in and out of the home is linked with the risk of divorce.