The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Observer recently caught up with the Pictures Generation artist to learn more about how his practice has evolved and the role ...

Luxor is world-renowned for its ancient wonders – the towering temples of Karnak and Hatshepsut, the royal tombs in the ...

The funerary temple of Ramses II, the 13th-century B.C.E pharaoh, is worthy of his epithet: the Great. On the west banks of the Nile at the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, in modern day Luxor ...

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Egyptology, the study of Ancient Egypt ... permission to excavate the temple, making her the first woman who was officially allowed to do so. Nearly two dozen Egyptian men and boys did the ...

Earthquakes, looting and Nile floods obscured much of ruler Amenhotep III's temple until ... authorities on Egyptian royal statuary. "She's probably the best Egyptian art historian of our time ...

In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and Spanish copper ingots and Sicilian razors, all of which would have had to have ...

Entry to the Acropolis costs 30 euros, 22 euros for the Louvre, and 25 euros for Hagia Sophia. The "Smile of the Mona Lisa" becomes very expensive, as if someone wants to see the painting alone, they ...