Egypt has announced the discovery of ancient Luxor tombs, heightening excitement for the full opening of the Grand Egyptian ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced the galaxy, such as the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of Nut.

Naga, on the west bank of Luxor, have discovered three new tombs of high-ranking officials from the New Kingdom, in a finding ...

A joint archaeological mission has discovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of King Userkaf, in Egypt's Saqqara ...

A team of Egyptian-American archaeologists has uncovered the tomb of an unknown king who reigned over the region of Abydos in southern Egypt 3,600 years ago. The Abydos Dynasty remains one of the ...

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut is the goddess of the sky. In funerary art, she typically appears ... bisect the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Seti I and appear as part of depictions ...

As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers, but there are exceptions. A well-preserved depiction from the third millennium B.C. comes from the early 2nd-dynasty tomb of ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period from 1550–1070 B.C. They identified the ...

Cleveland Museum of Art / Chanel In 1924, Paris jeweler Cartier debuted a makeup vanity case inspired by the door of an ancient Egyptian tomb. Adorned with mother of pearl, coral and lapis lazuli ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum OAM 52976 (C107). Nut’s body is covered in stars as well as a thick ...