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.

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 ...

Let's be honest -- this isn't just about fashion. It's about fascination. A fascination that started in royal courts and still thrives in bridal showrooms, astrologers' offices, and even Instagram ...

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 ...

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

Gilded coffin lids from the Pharaonic era, gold funerary masks and what's believed to be fragments of Queen ... of styles from different eras of ancient Egyptian civilization, the ministry said.

Every year ancient ... How three rebel queens of Egypt overthrew an empire.) A high priest of Thebes holds figures of Amun, Mut, and Khons. 12th century B.C. Museum of Egyptian Antiquities ...