The Tampa Museum of Art is giving a glimpse of Ancient Egypt with a landmark new exhibition that brings world history ...

Buried in the rubble outside an ancient city, archaeologists have discovered golden diadems and mouthpieces stamped with ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the museum just days after its long-awaited opening. Sarah Erdman A colossal statue ...

This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking visitors on a journey to ancient Egypt. “Divine Egypt,” which runs through January 19, 2026, is the Manhattan museum’s first major exhibition of ...

While thousands of years separate ancient and modern Egyptian society, many of the values that shape family life have ...

Their faces draw you in — big, expressive eyes staring out as if they’ve been frozen in the act of remembering something important. Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified ...

Ancient Egyptian artists as far back as 3100 B.C.E. employed an artificial pigment now called Egyptian blue, using it to paint wood, stone, and cartonnage (a material that resembles papier-mâché), as ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

The history of Egyptian blue pigment dates back to 2500 BC, when the Egyptians discovered the first man-made colour. In ...