With his insatiable curiosity and perseverance, Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) came to be considered the founder of Egyptology. He brought many magnificent artifacts back to Europe and became...

One year after the underwater excavation at the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Egyptian city is the scene of another major archaeological discovery: Jean-Yves Empereur and his team find...

When the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the Louvre reopened, it boasted new exhibition spaces devoted to the Coptic collection. Here, visitors can discover a real-size reconstruction of the...

Following the tradition of Jean-François Champollion and Auguste-Édouard Mariette (founder of the Department of Antiquities in Egypt), curators and restorers from the Louvre make regular visits to...

In Egypt, the construction of a dike in the bay of the ancient city of Alexandria threatened to bury the underwater remains of the famous lighthouse for ever. In 1995, the Egyptian Supreme Council of...