The ancient Egyptians had no word for art and no concept of art for art's sake. For them, the images had a more important purpose - representing the life of the tomb's occupant and forming the ...

Many graves from their society contain examples of female mortuary figures that would accompany the dead, perhaps prefiguring the religious rituals that would come to dominate our understanding of ...

He shared his experiences of introducing Egyptian artistic practices to communities across regional Australia. Beyond the art of ancient Egypt, in the lecture Bowker also shed light on Egyptian ...

Perhaps they even envision some assemblage of overgrowth obscuring a remarkable work of ancient art. What’s probably ... from the university and Egyptian restorers from the country’s Ministry ...

One was femininity: in ancient Egyptian art, Wegner said, women "are often shown with a sort of yellowish or pale [skin] color, while men are shown with reddish brown skin." Another reason the ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...

It is the first exhibition of ancient Egyptian art curated by Chinese scholars and researchers, as well as the largest showcase of Egyptian art in China, featuring 788 objects selected from the ...