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The Grand Egyptian Museum King Tut galleries prepares for their grand opening, with the arrival of his ceremonial chair.
An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...
In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...
Doctoral student Mutsumi Okabe was hosted by Meadows’ Department of Art History this spring to further her research in ...
A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.
An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at ...
The collection includes sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen ...
Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...
The Shanghai Museum announced a series of upcoming projects for its ongoing exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The ...
The glorious river of stars, interwoven with dark dust, that makes up the plane of the Milky Way in the night sky may have ...
The scarab was carved from serpentinite, a greenish-gray metamorphic rock, and measures roughly 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters) long. It was set in gold and suspended on a 30.5-inch-long (77.5 cm ...
YORK CITY. IT’S KNOWN AS FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STARS IN ATTENDANCE. BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AN IOWA ARTIFACT WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY. KCCI OLIVIA ...