Sometimes, when you see dusty artifacts in a museum or crumbling ruins in the streets, it’s easy to forget that these things ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on ... they’re just quirky objects like this that you have to appreciate for the beauty.” ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient ... city of Luxor, Egyptian authorities said. The discovery included a trove of exquisitely crafted jewelry as well as a ...

Ancient Egyptians were also among the earliest wearers of makeup. They would apply kohl, a dark eyeliner, on their upper and lower eyelids, which they believed would reduce the glare of the sun ...

According to ancient Egyptian manuscripts, the eye makeup was believed to have a magical role, in which the gods Horus and Ra would protect wearers against several illnesses. Bacterial eye ...

Additional works from the museum’s collection will supplement the Marrses’ jewelry, and the whole show is co-curated by Peter Lacovara, director of the Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and ...

“Ancient jewelry is much less expensive than what ... they’re just quirky objects like this that you have to appreciate for ...