Old Palace Wall Painting Depicts Naturalistic Expression of Birds, Details Help Identify the Species The detailed painting on ...

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified bodies in Fayum in Greco-Roman Egypt, the paintings were ... with and reimagined Ancient Egyptian art, history, and symbolism ...

Much like cats, crocodiles, and lions, the hippopotamus was a revered animal in ancient Egyptian culture, as it represents ...

Show more In a visual treat taking in Egypt's greatest historical sites, Alastair Sooke tells the story of ancient Egyptian art through 30 ... and the statuary and painting of the Old Kingdom.

Encaustic painting was a technique of painting with colored molten wax that originated in Ancient Greece ... Many were found at the Roman-Egyptian burial site in Fayum Oasis, which is how they ...

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal medical professional, who happens to have also had the role of magician, has been unearthed. The discovery of the tomb and the physician’s dual roles ...