And Art Deco, with its geometric shapes and sleek surfaces, traces back directly to — you guessed it — ancient Egypt. In fact, the label only emerged in the 1960s. Back in the 1920s and 1930s ...

Egyptian animal cults had extremely ... the bird sacred to Thoth, god of wisdom. (fourth to first centuries B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. By the end of the Ptolemaic period in ...

From an art historical point of view, he is certainly a curiosity: unlike most Egyptian gods, who usually appear in profile, Bes is brazen and frontal, as well as comical. Some scholars suggest ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The deities of ancient Egypt oversaw virtually every aspect of ...

Some gods were specific to particular towns or ... would never have been exposed to anything other than traditional Egyptian art. The royal family are shown with elongated skulls and pear-shaped ...

While some of the Egyptian gods, take Osiri or Isis ... analyzing the DNA inside of a vase housed in the Tampa Museum of Art. This vase had come into the museum’s possession in 1984 from ...