Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

Buried for over 2,500 years, a collection of intricately crafted jewelry from the Dynasty 26 has resurfaced at Karnak Temple. The discovery was made by the Egyptian-French archaeological mission of ...

These sites include Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria, Luxor Temple and Deir El-Bahari ... Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art in Luxor and Nubia Museum in Aswan, and ...

Basically, by the 10th century, Ellora was studded with rock-cut shrines, the most impressive of which was the Kailasanatha Temple, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Not all were regularly ...

Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egyptian society. It can be understood as “the rightness of things” and was a mixture of order, harmony, and justice. As with many important concepts in the ...

One such activity is participating in the numerous temples and shrines. Japan is a country of tradition and religion, at least back in the 1500s when Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes place.

Imagine starting your morning sipping coffee by the Red Sea, and by afternoon standing at the foot of the mighty Karnak Temple or gazing at the Great Pyramid of Giza. In Egypt, ancient wonders and ...

An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery. The portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey ...

Temples hang up and take down pichwais multiple times a day or week, depending on the ritual or festival being celebrated, says Diamond. The paintings get reused until they are too faded or ...

Why did a single flower magnetize me? What can a flower — or a painting of a flower — do when you are lost in a blizzard? I myself wasn’t sure. Initially, I thought it was just the simple ...

There are so many things to see in Luxor, making this one of the most dynamic cities in all of Egypt. Don't miss out on Luxor!