The century­-long battle over the return of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti from Germany ... blue flat-topped crown which contrasts with the sepia tone of her skin.

In fact, some of the oldest known jewelry pieces were made from gemstones, proving how important these stones were even back then. For example, ancient Egyptians prized lapis lazuli and turquoise, ...

BUST OF QUEEN NEFERTITI: As famous as the Rosetta Stone is the bust of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti, removed from Egypt following its excavation by the German Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt ...

Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan.

Famous Greek ancient philosophers Plato and Aristotle walked with their students around the temples of knowledge to think ...

But, in post-biblical Judaism, Jews taught that the dead would reside with God in olam haba, “the world to come,” or in a heavenly Gan Eden, Garden of Eden. This becomes standard Jewish belief. People ...

One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

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

Known today as blue lotus, this aquatic beauty wasn’t just decorative — it was practically ancient Egypt’s pharmacy in a flower. Depictions of the blue lotus appear everywhere in Egyptian ...

Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians' heavily painted eyelids ... man or woman from servant to queen, wore black and green powders coated thickly around the eyes.