The visual similarity between the Egyptian ankh and the Christian cross has fueled claims that Christianity borrowed its central symbol from ancient Egypt. This episode examines that argument by ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

Rasha El Agroudy, a visual artist and lecturer at Alexandria University's Faculty of Fine Arts, shared with Ahram Online her experience designing and executing the ceiling and wall paintings of the ...

Egypt’s ancient past is as much studied by schoolchildren in classrooms around the world as it is by expert Egyptologists. Today, that shared wonder has finally found a home in the Grand Egyptian ...

The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh was an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph meaning “life,” used for thousands of ...

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Grand Egyptian Museum, which officially opened on Nov. 1 as the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization, has impressed visitors with its expansive, ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions. You won't find the western Luxor Obelisk at the Grand Egyptian ...

CAIRO (AP) — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights ...

AD PRO members enjoy exclusive benefits. Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month. The mania had actually swept Europe the century before, after Napoleon’s 1798 invasion of Egypt, during ...