Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years. The ...

For example, during one brief yet notable episode in Egyptian history during around 1350 BC, the pharaoh Akhenaten instituted sweeping changes in Egyptian society, including moving the capital to a ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

The sleeper sensation of the summer is “Dawn of Egyptian Art,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is one of those museum shows—they come along every few years—that most of us go to ...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s breathtaking exhibition, “The Dawn of Egyptian Art,” you won’t see any of that. This show covers the years between about 3900 B.C. and 2649 B.C., the period before ...

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art ...

If anything, the Grand Egyptian Museum’s incredible facilities and state-of-the-art technology prove that Egypt is more than equipped to finally reclaim its historical treasures.

Zahi Hawass, a prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former Antiquities Minister, put together a team of experts last year in the hopes of repatriating all five of these Egyptian treasures currently ...

Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years. The ...