Stone carving of the Overseer of the Fortress Intef, ca. 2000–1988BC On the top line of this piece is the name of King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II. The owner of this piece is a man named Intef.

“In terms of scale, subject and style, the stone murals can represent the highest standards of the stonework system and the highest level of carving techniques during the Northern Song dynasty ...

Ancient Egyptian art and design includes painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, textiles and other material objects produced by the civilization living in the Nile Valley from roughly ...

Luxor artisans revitalize ancient Egyptian art of alabaster carving By Xinhua Published: Jan 28, 2025 04:26 PM An artisan works on an alabaster artwork at a workshop in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2025.

LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into ...

The ancient art of soft stone craft provides employment to more than a thousand people in Jabalpur’s Bhedaghat and has recently been given the GI tag. FP News Service Updated: Saturday, April 08 ...

Similarly, an amethyst beaded necklace from ancient Rome estimated to be from 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D. is expected to fetch $6,000 to $8,000, far below the cost of a trendy 10-motif ...

A joint team of Egyptian-French archaeologists has uncovered paintings, carvings, and miniatures of numerous ancient Egyptian pharaohs in the waters of the Nile south of Aswan. The diving ...

The exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt will open on July 18 at the Shanghai Museum. It is the first exhibition of ancient Egyptian art curated by Chinese scholars ...

Monument 9, a 2,600-year-old, one-ton stone carving, was returned to Mexico from the United States in May. Mexico has repatriated more than 13,000 cultural artifacts since 2019. Stone by Ancient ...

Goat-Fish Carving Is First-Ever Zodiac Symbol In Egyptian Rock Art The figure of Capricornus was invented by ancient Mesopotamians over 4,000 years ago. Benjamin Taub ...

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 ...