CHM copy 39088008913014 has bookplate: S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his friends, 1993. Contents Introduction / Georgina Herrmann -- Timber trees of Western Asia / F. Nigel Hepper -- Ancient ...

A chair shaped like a hooded cobra and a table that evokes a scarab beetle feature in designer Omar Chakil's Transcendence series. Chakil's collectible furniture and objects look to embody a ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other odors Sarah Everts - Author, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of ...

Archaeologists identified the tomb owners by reading titles carved on walls and lintels. The names are Amun-em-Ipet from the ...

The tomb of Amenhotep II is an example of the fully developed New Kingdom style. A sequence of descending stairways and corridors leads to a well shaft, with a lateral chamber to the north. The path ...

Sometimes, when you see dusty artifacts in a museum or crumbling ruins in the streets, it’s easy to forget that these things were once new. Ancient Greek statues were complete and gaudily-painted; ...