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Snap, owner of the video messaging app Snapchat, has partnered with the Louvre on a free program called Egypt Augmented, which will give users an interactive deep dive into the museum’s renowned ...
The people who clustered along the Nile River in ancient times didn’t call their land Egypt. They called it Kemet — literally, “the black land,” so named for the fertile soil suffused by nutrients ...
The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
This unique disk-shaped bowl, found in a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, has puzzled archaeologists for nearly a century.
There are many reasons why the art of ancient Egypt is perennially fascinating to audiences, ranging from people’s love of hieroglyphs and mummies (which some museums are now referring to as ...
A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process. Under X ...
The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something eight-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, ...
My father always told me: in Sohag, the moment you open the door, nature greets you,’’ says Gehad Abdalla, an Egyptian artist ...
Some of the most important artifacts of the rich Egyptian history are held in Western museums. While hopes of repatriation are small, efforts are being undertaken and small successes achieved. Artist ...
Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Katy has a BA in Humanities and ...
For millennia, humans have experienced Egyptomania, the allure and fascination with ancient Egyptian culture. Now comes the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibit “Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession ...
SVA Destinations, an ongoing series of short-term, domestic, and international travel-based programs offered by the School of Visual Arts, are designed to rejuvenate the creativity and broaden the ...