Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass discovered a statue that he said rewrites what we know about Egyptian art history. The familial statue mixed together different styles of craftsmanship in a way never ...

For many artists, the most challenging subject to master is the human face. The fault lies not in any intrinsic element of our features themselves – though our foreheads, eyes, cheeks, noses, mouths, ...

Their faces draw you in — big, expressive eyes staring out as if they’ve been frozen in the act of remembering something important. Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified ...

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YORK CITY. IT’S KNOWN AS FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STARS IN ATTENDANCE. BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AN IOWA ARTIFACT WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY. KCCI OLIVIA TYLER TELLS ...

Ancient Egyptian artists as far back as 3100 B.C.E. employed an artificial pigment now called Egyptian blue, using it to paint wood, stone, and cartonnage (a material that resembles papier-mâché), as ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass discovered a statue that he said rewrites what we know about Egyptian art history. The familial statue mixed ...

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