The blue lotus, a captivating water lily entwined with Egyptian mythology, has long dazzled archaeologists and historians.

It divided Egypt into ancient and modern times, and launched the modern ... and images of ancient Egypt became fashionable features of European art and architecture. Europe's Egypt obsession ...

Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891-1934), Sculptor Released by Egyptian post in 1984 and 1991 ...

The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of the paint that still colors ancient statues, coffins, and tomb walls. Modern scientists were intrigued by this long-lasting ...