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

In 1986, the band "The Bangles" sang about "all the old paintings on the tombs" where the figures they depict are "walking like an Egyptian." Though he was neither an art historian nor an ...

For a long time, the image of Pharaoh Hatshepsut has been linked to the idea of a damnatio memoriae, a deliberate attempt to erase her legacy after her death. This was the prevailing view among ...

Edward Bleiberg, the managing curator of Ancient Egyptian, African, and Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, ... Because they're not artistic drawings but rather symbols of language, ...

Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin Drawings The ancient Egyptians may have conceptualized the Milky Way in the same way as Native Americans.

To See a Spellbinding Contemporary Art Exhibition, Head to the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are the backdrop for “Forever Is Now,” which features sculptures ...

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal medical professional, who happens to have also had the role of magician, has been unearthed. The discovery of the tomb and the physician’s dual roles ...