A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

A tiny wooden grasshopper that Egyptologists believe was stolen from the tomb of Tutankhamun is going up for sale in London.

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn ...

Representations of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut on 3,000-year-old coffins shows evidence of the galaxy being accurately represented.

The grasshopper, just a few inches long and made from painted wood with ivory wings, is expected to sell for about half a ...

A discovery in Egypt has provided an extraordinary glimpse into the ancient art of winemaking. Archaeologists recently ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Most of us go about our lives thinking that death is a stranger we will only encounter once in our lives, that it will not suddenly sneak into our homes and steal away our loved ones. But, t ...

Object Details artist Girardet, Karl Notes Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 90 (Sale info: For Sale). Pupil of Leon Cogniet. [P. 8.] 1857. The First Exhibition of Paintings of Artists of the ...

Peaches were once green; carrots, slender and yellow. Where are we headed next? Well, bananas with a vaccine punch, and cabbages with a sting, are on the cards.