Dark, direct, soulful: The eyes of the Al Fayyum portraits stare out and invite viewers in to see the faces of Egyptians who lived thousands of years ago, when the Greek Ptolemy rule gave way to Rome.

Egypt recovered 36 ancient artifacts from the United States, authorities announced on Thursday, in the latest effort to reclaim its ancient heritage as tens of thousands of antiquities are believed to ...

Launched on 24 November, the inaugural Pyramids Echo Festival brings a constellation of world-renowned artists to the ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Mummy series has historically relied heavily on Egyptian iconography, particularly when it ...

A painting of a woman on lime wood is one of the mummy portraits being studied by researchers using special camera filters under different light wavelengths (left to right: visible, ultraviolet, and ...

Fans of the ‘90s/2000s film series The Mummy were hit with some big news this past week. Not only is a fourth film in the franchise now in the works, but franchise OGs Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz ...

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一种在英国境内 40 年未见的、极度濒危的蜘蛛物种最近被重新发现。人们在一处偏远的自然保护区内发现了这种蜘蛛，该自然保护区只有乘船才能抵达。 The two tiny arachnids, measuring just three millimetres long, were found by scientists surveying the Newtown National Nature ...

Zebra finch 'heat song' changes hatchling development “珍珠鸟”高温时的鸣叫有助于雏鸟生长 Episode 160819 / 19 Aug 2016 A study has found that zebra finches sing songs to their eggs to prepare them for hot weather ...

You might not think a paleontologist looking for 66-million-year-old fossils would need to ask a rancher about his great-grandmother's job in the Wyoming badlands. But that's what Paul Sereno, a ...