Flowers, often part of Minoan and Egyptian art, were symbols of life, the afterlife, and rebirth, according to a study of ...

Residue from an ancient Egyptian vessel contains opium biomarkers. The finding suggests widespread usage across society.

Art and wine surely share the same DNA. From the frescoes of ­Pompeii to the glass of free plonk at the ­gallery opening, ...

Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have ...

The repatriation coincided with the lavish opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is finally welcoming visitors after ...

Three recently uncovered tombs on Luxor’s West Bank are rewriting what scholars know about the administrative class of ...

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious circumstances. The limestone relief appeared to have been cut out ...

A monumental version of Third Paradise, the best-known work by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, was unveiled to the ...

Art history has all but forgotten the love that sculptor Auguste Rodin had for the art of Egypt. A new exhbition in New York ...

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

Cairo — The prime minister of the Netherlands announced Sunday that the European nation will soon return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt, a day after he attended the lavish opening ceremony of the ...