A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

She took a giant magnet to one of the most hidden spots near a railroad bridge. Beneath the water, she discovered old items that had been forgotten for decades. Every pull revealed something more ...

The holidays in Illinois are a special time of year. Every corner of our state embraces the season, from the small towns to the bigger cities and just about everywhere in between. This holiday season, ...

The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to experience their most precious antiquities at home. The museum’s most anticipated ...

At 9:03 this morning, the CEO of the newly rebranded Philadelphia Art Museum, Sasha Suda, got word via email that she was being terminated for “cause” — and that the board wished her “every success” ...

The $1 billion project faced repeated setbacks. CAIRO -- Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

When Róisín Heneghan received a phone call 22 years ago announcing that her four-person architecture firm had been chosen to design one of the world’s largest museums, she thought it was a prank. She ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - For parents and grandparents looking for something fun and educational to do with the kids, one Decatur destination continues to deliver decades of discovery. The Children’s ...

Paris’ Louvre Museum had already been open for 30 minutes, and welcomed hundreds of visitors through its doors, when thieves in yellow vests scaled a truck-mounted ladder to the second-floor balcony ...

The Paris museum said the jewelry belonged to Napoleon and his wife. PARIS and LONDON -- Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, ...