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Who (or What) Was Ma’at in Ancient Egypt?
Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egyptian society. It can be understood as “the rightness of things” and was a ...
The Cavalier Daily6d
U.Va. to construct giant obelisk
In a Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, the University announced vague plans for a new construction project — a 100-foot ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN23h
Lower-Class Workers May Have Been Buried in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Alongside Elites
When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who ...
Greek Reporter6d
New Discovery in Egypt Unveils Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman Graves and Artifacts
An ancient military tomb and graves from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman periods have been discovered at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
Live Science on MSN2d
Ancient Egyptian pyramids, thought to contain only the elite, may also hold low-class laborers
At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...
The New York Times6d
Movie Reviews
The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...
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The Venus de' Medici,
When Mulready began his formal training at the Royal Academy Schools, students began by drawing casts of Greek and Roman sculpture. The Venus de' Medici was one of the most celebrated Classical ...
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Royal Academy of Arts
Explore art works, paint-smeared palettes, scribbled letters and more... Artists and architects have run the RA for 250 years. Our Collection is a record of them.