PM Narendra Modi on the final leg of his 3-nation visit, arrived in Croatia on Wednesday after visiting Cyprus and Canada in ...

Ancient Egyptian artists as far back as 3100 B.C.E. employed an artificial pigment now called Egyptian blue, using it to paint wood, stone, and cartonnage (a material that resembles papier-mâché ...

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 ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced the galaxy, such as the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of Nut.

Various Egyptian gods are either associated with, symbolize, or directly embody certain celestial objects.In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced "Noot ...

The Exhibition will take place till April 9 at Bikaner House, Center for Contemporary Art and will continue from May 24 – June 28 at Gallerie Nvya, square One Designer Arcade, Saket.

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 ...

The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological ...

ArtDependence (AD): When did your interest in African tribal art originated ? First of all my interest in art is much more diverse than African or tribal art, but yes I focus mostly on Africa, it’s an ...

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 ...

Rockefeller, 23, managed to collect much of what he was searching for in the far Pacific: the religious art of the Asmat, a little-known Papuan people who live on the waterlogged Casuarinen Coast.