Hidden for centuries, Chinese treasures finally see the light of day
Depicting Taoist deities in a misty landscape, a Qing dynasty lacquer panel inlaid with jade and agate is among thousands of ...
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Chinese painting biennial blends ancient wisdom with modernity
The Eighth Hangzhou Biennial of Chinese Painting opened on Tuesday at the Zhejiang Exhibition Hall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Themed Jigu Zhenjin, or "learning from antiquity to invigorate the ...
Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
The Hetepheres collection now sits among the thousands of incredible artefacts at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM ...
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The Trouble with Designing Exhibitions for Kids
There is plenty on offer for grown-ups in the Young V&A’s latest exhibition ‘Making Egypt’, but what really is the point of ...
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The first Ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb since Tutankhamun's has just been discovered
Hidden for over 3,500 years, the lost tomb of King Thutmose II has been unearthed in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor ...
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Vivid Wall Paintings Unearthed at a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Necropolis in Italy
Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...
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The Tower of Babel: Human Hubris and the Grace of God
Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.
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"It’s gory and romantic and brutal and I think that’s what keeps people coming back again and again." Why metal is obsessed with vampires
From Slayer singing about Dracula to Cradle Of Filth and Creeper taking style notes from Interview With The Vampire and Near Dark, this is how heavy metal has intersected with vampires in popular cult ...
Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years
The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who ruled about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings.
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For the First Time Since King Tut, Egypt Has Unearthed a Royal Tomb
The last missing tomb of a king from Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, King Thutmose II, has been found by researchers, ...
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Archeologists Discover Thutmose II’s Tomb in Biggest Archaeological Find in a Century. It’s The First Royal Tomb Discovered in Egypt Since King Tut
In the shadow of Luxor’s sun-baked cliffs, where the Nile’s ancient whispers still echo, archaeologists have cracked open a ...
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Secrets of Middle Kingdom tombs
The cult pyramid to the southeast is the only such monument known from the Middle Kingdom. It has two chapels, to the north ...