Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens - After a wait of ...
Global Times24d
Luxor artisans revitalize ancient Egyptian art of alabaster carving
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 ...
Tomb Of Egyptian Pharaoh Is First Found In Luxor Since Tutankhamun Here's How We Know Who Lay Inside
Thutmose II was the fourth ruler of the illustrious ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, which included Tutankhamun. Now, the ...
New York Post25d
Rare ancient Egyptian jewelry now costs less than a Cartier bracelet: ‘Wearable art’
Ancient jewelry is up for auction at ... A trio of gold rings — one affixed with a carnelian stone etched with a sphinx, another made into a tiny replica of a lantern and the third crafted ...
The Star25d
Feature: Luxor artisans revitalize ancient Egyptian art of alabaster carving
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 ...
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Miniature Wooden Granary Model Discovered in an Ancient Hidden Chamber Reveals Egyptians Consumed a Lot of Grains
Miniature Wooden Granary Model Discovered in an Ancient Hidden Chamber Reveals Egyptians Consumed a Lot of Grains Food grains ...
Timeline's March 4-9 Antiquities Auction Journeys Through The Past With Rarely-Seen Ancient Art And Artifacts
Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...
Cleveland Museum to Return Prized Bronze Thought Looted From Turkey
The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...
The Times of Israel8d
The Ephod and the Skilled Craftsmanship Behind It
It’s about inventing designs, such as the elaborate patterns woven into the Tabernacle’s curtains, the veils, and the ephod ...
Smithsonian Magazine15d
Experts Are Alarmed by a Video of Workers Hammering Away at Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza
In the clip, two workers in high visibility vests appeared to use hammers and chisels to break apart stone blocks ... at the repair work. Shortly after the clip went viral, the Egyptian Ministry ...
From Chaucer To Playboy: The Evolution Of The Bush
An investigative look at the evolving cultural discourse around pubic hair — from ancient history and feminist movements to today's celebration of the bush.