The maharaja of Jaipur is opening hotels, restaurants and art galleries even as he tries to maintain his family’s ancient ...

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.

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 ...

Arrayed in the National Gallery of Art show Little Beasts ... These pictures were a reminder of divine providence, of God’s grace made manifest. As the English naturalist John Ray wrote in ...

That tomb contained a courtyard with a well. The findings, made by an all-Egyptian team, will boost tourism to a country known for its rich archaeological treasures, Sherif Fathy, the nation’s ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past.

The site houses large number of tombs and temples among the largest is the one dedicated to god Amun ... into an open-air museum of Ancient Egyptian art.

The stick art, known as Tahtib, is a famous and ancient Egyptian folk art that is now taking on a modern twist Tahtib, the Egyptian dance tradition, which typically involves two male participants ...