Though he was neither an art historian nor an Egyptologist, songwriter Liam Sternberg was referring to one of the most striking features of ancient Egyptian visual art — the depiction of people ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the ancient Egyptian pantheon’s ... concoction contained in the Tampa Museum of Art’s Bes mug, including the plants used by Egyptians.” According to the study’s authors, all of ...

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 ...

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 ...