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.

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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.

The Egyptian language is 4,000 years old, so it’s impossible to know exactly how it sounded. However, scientists claim they have an idea. They reconstructed the sounds of ancient Egyptians by ...

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 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 ...

Another ancient carving depicting Yama, the God of Death, riding a buffalo was smuggled out of the sanctuary before it was confiscated and placed on display in San Francisco in 2021, park ...

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 ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Art of Ancient Rome. Special | 55m 16s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its ...

With “Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection,” through Aug. 6, the Michael C. Carlos Museum has produced an exhibition that many different audiences should ...

The ancient people of modern-day Kazakhstan, dating back to 2000 B.C., were nomadic and regular producers of animal art, according to Britannica. Kazakhstan is in central Asia, south of Russia and ...

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 ...