Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, founder and director of Art d’Egypte, had good intentions when she launched an itinerant art exhibition of public art commissions in downtown Cairo in 2017. Calling the show “a ...
The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.
Have you ever wondered what secrets, magic spells and stories are painted in ancient Egyptian tombs? Are you curious about why the pharaohs always “Walk Like an Egyptian”? The archaeological remains ...
The people who clustered along the Nile River in ancient times didn’t call their land Egypt. They called it Kemet — literally, “the black land,” so named for the fertile soil suffused by nutrients ...
I. Egypt before the Old Kingdom -- The Predynastic Period -- Objects of the Predynastic Period -- The Archaic Period -- Objects of the Archaic Period -- II. The Old Kingdom -- The historical ...
Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...
At the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, ‘From Green Papyrus to Timeless Art’ resurrects an ancient medium for writing through the ...
WORCESTER — “Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from Worcester Art Museum,” a new exhibition which opened Friday at WAM, features everything you would expect to see from that storied era, ...
Craftsmen, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (c. 1390-1349 BCE). Ancient Egyptian artisans were the first workers to go on strike in recorded history (all images via Wikimedia Commons) The history of art is ...
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