This unique disk-shaped bowl, found in a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, has puzzled archaeologists for nearly a century.

This piece has intrigued me from the beginning. It was recorded as coming from the village of Deir el-Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, southern Egypt, whereas its style tells me it comes ...

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A Goddess Rediscovered will be the centrepiece of the David Aaron stand at Frieze Masters 2025, stand C02, inviting curators, ...

The story of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s official opening is nearly as enigmatic as the building of the ancient 4,600-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. Since the first block was laid for the building’s ...

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 ...

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This Ancient Egyptian bronze statue from the Ptolemaic era once contained a mummified cat! Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the ...

Ancient Egyptian rulers sent explorers and traders to the far-off kingdom of Punt. But today, it's a lost land, location ...

Ashraf Omar Eldarir failed to declare the stolen goods when he entered the United States through New York's John F. Kennedy ...

An example of the cave art found in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Researchers dated the paintings to as early as 8,200 years ago. Guadalupe Romero Villanueva Ancient art in a Patagonian cave is ...