The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

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Art history has all but forgotten the love that sculptor Auguste Rodin had for the art of Egypt. A new exhbition in New York ...

In ancient Egypt, baldness symbolized purity, not aging. Priests shaved their heads for ritual cleanliness, while nobles and royals wore wigs and crowns as signs of status and divinity. These artistic ...

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An image described as a “Fayum portrait”, a naturalistic portrait placed on mummies in Roman Egypt, has been widely shared on ...

Following a $50m revamp of the Pyramids and the opening of the GEM Museum, now is the ideal time to take to the Nile, as ...