The oldest tailored dress from Egypt dates back more than 5,000 years a Discovered in 1913 in a tomb near Cairo by Sir Flinders Petrie Crafted from flax linen with pleats, V-neckline, and fitted bodic ...

The missing noses on Egyptian statues have puzzled historians for decades. While weather plays a part, the real reason may be rooted in ancient beliefs about power, spirit, and identity. This theory ...

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Built to house and protect Egyptian royalty on their journey through ... ankh symbol in each hand and is wearing the nemes (royal headdress) topped with a uraeus (rearing cobra).

The ancient Ho-Chunk, who also inhabited modern-day Illinois and elsewhere, then turned to the arrow-straight elm, despite its unyielding, hardwood structure. Similar patterns follow after ...

Ancient Egyptian artists as far back as 3100 B.C.E. employed an artificial pigment now called Egyptian blue, using it to paint wood, stone, and cartonnage (a material that resembles papier-mâché ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s barely 9am when I slide into a bamboo armchair at Heming Tea House in Chengdu’s sprawling People’s Park. This century ...

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PULLMAN, Wash. — Egyptian blue is a color that is over 5,000 years old. From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, this brilliant blue pigment adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday ...

Originally developed over 5,000 years ago, the pigment was commonly used in ancient Egyptian art, tombs, and architecture. The scientists tested 12 different methods to reproduce the pigment, ...

The ancient Egyptian pyramids may be thousands of years old, but to this day, we're still finding out new information about ...