A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...

The New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was a golden age of architecture and art. A variety of factors combined to make the New Kingdom one of the most creative cultures of the ancient world.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s breathtaking exhibition, “The Dawn of Egyptian Art,” you won’t see any of that. This show covers the years between about 3900 B.C. and 2649 B.C., the period before ...

For example, during one brief yet notable episode in Egyptian history during around 1350 BC, the pharaoh Akhenaten instituted sweeping changes in Egyptian society, including moving the capital to a ...

The painters of ancient Egypt could not have been more different: Creators of some of the world’s most iconic art, they worked anonymously, continuing a style whose precepts were laid down at ...

Rosemont and a Montreal-based studio have announced the debut immersive art experiences that will be virtually housed in a ...

Built and decorated to honor the god Horus over the 180 year span from 237 to 57 B.C., the Temple of Edfu, Newsweek notes, is ...

In 1913, W.E.B. Du Bois staged a giant pageant called “The Star of Ethiopia” in New York, with a thousand elaborately costumed performers and detailed sets, including an Egyptian temple. Over ...