A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

Narmer Palette, c. 3100 BC. For centuries before Narmer, predynastic Egyptian cultures had been carving humans. We have examples of human sculpture in the Nile region from as far back as the Merimde ...

The Manchester Museum in England is inviting guests to share feedback on Asru, an ancient Egyptian woman whose body was ...

The fact that this carving depicts a boat is significant because they are among the most frequently recurring motifs in ancient Egyptian art. Study author Dr Dorian Vanhulle, an Egyptologist at the ...

Traces of psychotropic drugs, human blood, and bodily fluids were found in a tiny mug in the shape of the Egyptian god Bes in the Tampa Museum of Art.

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be more nuanced.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s breathtaking exhibition, “The Dawn of Egyptian Art,” you won’t see any of that. This show covers the years between about 3900 B.C. and 2649 B.C., the period before ...

One of the ancient Egyptian pantheon’s most celebrated deities was Bes–an impish, feline god associated with motherhood, childbirth, and homes. Archeological evidence indicates his popularity ...