Sent to Karnak by the Louvre, she became one of the leading authorities on Egyptian royal statuary ... on red granite pedestals at pylons, or massive gateways, that led into innumerable sanctuaries.

The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, located on Luxor's West Bank, honors Queen Hatshepsut and god Amun, symbolizing her peaceful reign and serving as her final resting place. How the Oval Office ...

Ongoing archaeological work at the Ramesseum Temple at Luxor has resulted in a wealth of new finds. Crews discovered storage areas—which once kept oil, honey, and wine—that paint a new picture ...

It stood as Egypt’s main gateway to the Mediterranean ... describing the temple where the Greek hero Herakles was said to have first touched Egyptian soil. Strabo, another ancient geographer ...

Mohamed Ismail Khaled said the Ramesseum was both a temple and a hub for redistributing goods, helping locals—especially artisans from nearby Deir el-Medina. Egyptian-French mission uncovers ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife ...

In addition to sensing the coming visual culture, those works referenced ancient sacred spaces such as Indian or Egyptian temples, where one is just overwhelmed by images that short circuit your ...

In the winter of 1905-1906, Sir Flanders Petrie, discovered the largest Egyptian temple to have existed outside of the Nile Valley, on Mt. Serabit el-Khadem, in Southwest Sinai. This temple ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN—According to a report in The Guardian, archaeologists working at the site of a former fish market along the Barcelona waterfront unearthed the remnants of a medieval ship, which ...