A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

The construction of Egyptian ... paid for their work instead of being forced into labor. Our understanding keeps growing thanks to decades of dedicated research: “This ancient journal reveals ...

Pierre-François Bouchard, the soldier who’d overseen the work at ... But some Egyptians think that it’s time for the United Kingdom to return the stone to Egypt. According to Art News ...

Amidst the ancient ... a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into breathtaking artworks, reviving the legacy of their ancestors. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) Artisans work on alabaster at a ...

Teacher: This is the Rosetta Stone! The writing on it says the same thing in three languages! Ancient Greek, Demotic, and Egyptian Hieroglyphs ... they could work out how hieroglyphic writing ...

Being sure to dampen the sand beforehand, pupils could be given square containers to work with in order ... the kind of tools the ancient Egyptians used in fashioning stone blocks for the pyramids ...

finding fulfillment in preserving this ancient tradition. "This is not just a profession but an art form. With precision, I carve alabaster stone into beautiful statues, elegant vases, and other ...