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Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of the Ancient Egyptians with hands-on Egyptian crafts that make history ...
The Indian script or the Brahmi script is a unique form of script known as abugida. But what makes the script, discovered in Ashokan edicts in 250 BC, unique?
Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...
It was ubiquitous in the ancient world. Then, we just... forgot how to make it.
Books & the Arts / The Australian writer’s 1984 novel, The Island, is a hypnotic work of fiction about the border between ...
The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses I sat longer at Emory University than he did on the throne. His presumptive remains now lay encased in glass at Egypt’s Luxor Museum, a simple cloth draped from his ...
"It's a journey. It's about that exploration." For Haywood, finding balance in his art is an integral part of his process. "There's an intellectual part, but then there's this totally emotional ...
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Not only are GEM’s facilities state of the art, the museum’s galleries, they have the space to showcase all 5,398 items from Tut’s tomb—far more than the 2,000 on display at the Egyptian ...
Peter Dornan, former curator of Egyptian art at The Met, translated the cuneiform script on Hatnefer's heart scarab as follows: The Mistress of the House, Hatnefer, says: "Heart of my mother ...