A look at a truly mysterious painting, 'The Questioner of the Sphinx', by Elihu Vedder, and the context in which it was ...

A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go ...

A handprint left 4,000 years ago on a clay model crafted to go inside an Egyptian tomb has been discovered during preparation ...

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 ...

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

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

I want you to print this. It was the worst interview I’ve ever done in my life,” Dr. Zahi Hawass said of his experience on ...

The year is 1893. Chicago is hosting the world. At the World’s Columbian Exposition, over 65,000 exhibits are strewn over 630 ...

If you’ve been out and about in Glasgow, you’ll have noticed the adverts, on buses, trains, billboards. “Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition. Bringing Ancient Egypt to Life Like Never Before.

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

An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt's earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art to claim space ...

Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Pétain, De Gaulle, Eisenhower… Many great military leaders, thanks to the popularity and prestige ...