The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and ...

The topic at hand may be the ancient world, but the Grand Egyptian Museum is a thoroughly ... restored at the museum’s new state-of-the-art conservation center in preparation for public display.

Ancient Egyptians tended to prefer energetic dog breeds, and the ones often represented in their art include the ancestors of the hunting dog basenji, the Ibizan hound and the pharaoh hound.

The ziggurats of Sumer, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the code of Hammurabi all stand as enduring symbols ... diversity of Egyptian artistry. As we journey through the art of ancient Greece ...