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At this museum, no one will shush you, and you can touch the objects
The V&A is Britain’s national museum of design, performance and applied arts, and the storehouse holds aisle after aisle of ...
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Did the Djed Pillar help build the Pyramids?
This video explores an alternative theory proposing that the symbolic Djed Pillar, often seen in Egyptian art, may have served a mechanical purpose in pyramid construction. Shared by engineer Stephen ...
Touch Roman pottery and Elton John’s tunic at London museum site that’s like an Ikea store
From ancient Egyptian shoes to a curtain Picasso designed, London's V&A East Storehouse offers 'close interactions' with ...
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Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: A Fascinating Look at Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Ancient Egypt is famous for its pyramids, hieroglyphics, and mysterious artifacts, but its gods and goddesses are equally fascinating. Studying these figures helps us better understand the ...
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Vacheron Constantin teams with New York’s The Met to nurture the next generation of artisans
Vacheron Constantin is supporting a new Artisan Residency programme at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Met — that ...
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Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment
Scientists have recreated the elusive Egyptian blue, a pigment used by ancient Egyptian artists for thousands of years.
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5,000-year-old Egyptian blue pigment recreated using ancient methods
A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. Reporting in ...