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5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula
Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.
Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, founder and director of Art d’Egypte, had good intentions when she launched an itinerant art exhibition of public art commissions in downtown Cairo in 2017. Calling the show “a ...
Before the street, there was the screen — and the stage. In Syria and Egypt pre-2011, citizens used soap operas, plays and songs to voice political commentary — slipping criticism in between lines and ...
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The new finding from Egypt? A 3,000-year-old painting of a woman that looks just like Marge Simpson
An ancient Egyptian painting bearing a striking resemblance to The Simpson's Marge went viral on social media. The painting shows a woman with yellow skin, a blue crown, and green clothes. It was ...
According to an Italian Egyptologist, one of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo's most prized ancient paintings could be a 19th-century archeological forgery. The “Meidum ...
For all the paint fragments found throughout the ancient world, on murals, pottery, sculpture, and scrolls, surprisingly few ancient paint palettes have been uncovered. Ancient palettes in the ...
Renaissance Painting Once Found in a Plastic Bag at a Bus Stop Could Sell for $32 Million at Auction
Titian's 'The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt' painting. The painting, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," by Italian Renaissance artist Titian could fetch almost $32 million when it goes to auction in ...
NEW HAVEN -- The words "ancient Egyptian art" brings to mind the popular tomb art found in the region of the Upper Nile, created between 5000 BC and about 300 AD. As ancient as those works are, ...
An ancient Egyptian masterpiece, hailed by some scholars as the "Mona Lisa" of Egyptian painting, is in fact a fake created in the 19th century, a researcher says. But the painting may conceal an ...
The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed ancient Egyptian paintings dating back thousands of years. The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, according to the Ministry ...
Egypt says a limestone pharaonic painting has gone missing from the famed Saqqara necropolis, becoming the latest artifact to disappear in a country known for its rich and lengthy history. The ...
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