Commissioning magnificent buildings and statues, obelisks and temples gave pharaohs ... in the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians had no word for art and no concept of art for art's sake.

There was a problem: a resulting 300-mile lake would submerge five ancient Nubian temples and Egypt didn ... New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution.

Languages: English, Spanish Restoration work at the site of a "key" ancient Egyptian temple is revealing long-hidden colorful details in its decorations. The Temple of Esna, located on the west ...