GIZA, Egypt — Even before it opened 12 enormous galleries containing priceless artifacts this week, the Grand Egyptian Museum looked to be making history. Egypt is finally allowing the public to view ...

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 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 ...

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 ...