In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources ... her visual depictions on coffins and tomb murals added a new dimension that ...

More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered New Kingdom tombs in Luxor, Egypt, revealing insights into Ancient Egyptian history and the ...

While tomb decorations are generally believed to ... the Adam’s apple is never shown in Egyptian art, but here we have one clearly visible. The corrections also show an image that was not ...

As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers, but there are exceptions. A well-preserved depiction from the third millennium B.C. comes from the early 2nd-dynasty tomb of ...

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 ...

It is the first discovery of a pharaoh's tomb since King Tutankhamun's tomb was unearthed in 1922, the Egyptian Ministry of ... with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City estimating ...

And some of those tombs remain today, filled with food, art, treasure ... studying the tombs as part of a joint project between the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Italy's ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history ... monuments at Abydos but whose tombs remain unknown.” Officials said excavations will continue using state-of-the-art technology such as remote ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum OAM 52976 (C107). Nut’s body is covered in stars as well as a thick ...