News
Construction Workers Discover a Buried Sphinx in Egypt
The sphinx, a human-lion hybrid from around 380 BCE, was discovered on a construction site in Luxor.
Ancient Egypt
Art
The Colonialist Myth of the Frenchman Who "Saved" the Pyramids
The troubling story fits a tired orientalist theme: Europeans and Americans know more, and care more, about the culture and heritage of West Asia and North Africa than their own inhabitants.
History
The Egyptian Artifacts of a Little-Known, Victorian-Era Woman Collector
An exhibition at the Atkinson Art Gallery and Library sheds light on the somewhat mysterious 19th-century scholar and collector Anne Goodison.
News
4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Dedicated to Priestess Heptet Discovered
In Heptet's newly uncovered tomb, it's all about the monkey paintings.
News
Unique Egyptian Gilded Coffin Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum
The museum's ancient Egyptian art collection now has a highly ornamental coffin belonging to a high-ranking priest.
Art
Humanizing a Museum’s Ancient Mummies
"The story of mummification begins with a person's death," starts the Mummies exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
In Brief
Egypt's Oldest Written Papyri Reveal Routines of Great Pyramid Builders
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has unveiled the country's oldest written papyri that archaeologists have found so far, placing the delicate fragments on display last month.
In Brief
King Tut's Dagger Is Actually from Outer Space
King Tut lay underground in his tomb for a few thousand years, but a dagger he kept by his side has far-out origins in outer space.
News
Archaeologists Find 3,400-Year-Old Necropolis in Egypt
Swedish archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old necropolis in Egypt that dates to the New Kingdom and holds dozens of tombs containing remnants of ancient artifacts.
News
A 5,000-Year-Old Linen Dress Is the World's Oldest Woven Garment
An over-5,000-year-old linen dress was recently confirmed as the world's oldest woven garment.
Art
Documenting the Vanishing Hermitages of the Egyptian Desert
Constructed from stacked rocks and carved into remote mountainsides, the desert hermitages of Egypt and Sudan are barely perceptible in the arid landscape.
In Brief
US Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Bizarrely Believes Egyptian Pyramids Were Grain Silos
The Presidential race isn't exactly a showcase of the best and brightest in US society, but Republican candidate Ben Carson hit a new intellectual low with his claim that the ancient pyramids of Egypt were used to store grain.