"The Grand Egyptian Museum, one of history's priciest museums, cost over $1.5 billion, including a $300 million Japanese loan ...

Have you ever wondered what mummies smell like? A team of researchers from England has addressed this question. The answers from specially trained ...

Uunfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after death brought people closer to the gods, the mummies' aromas now have faint notes of cheese, vomit and urine.

"THAT'S MY WORD: A NIGHT OF POETRY AND MONOLOGUES": 7 p.m., 225 Theatre Collective, 7338 Highland Road. Hosted by J. Broux and featuring Kristen Sheree. $10. 225theatrecollective.com.

Sprouting up on the city's South Side in 2021 like an Egyptian funerary complex, the Taj Barack has already taken nearly twice as long to build as any presidential library in history.