An artisan works on an alabaster artwork at a workshop in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2025. Amidst the ancient temples and ...

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

He already had deep affection for Egyptian history and ancient Egyptian art. But he soon fell in love with the Renaissance too. He spent hours in the library, studying paintings of swirling hair ...

which was a common motif in ancient Mediterranean art. But while examples from Greece were usually exaggerated or grotesque, suggesting dwarves were stigmatized, this one from Egypt shows that ...