Mary McFadden, fashion designer with ancient inspiration, dies at 85
Her collections, worn by a clientele that included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, featured pleated gowns that fell to the floor ...
3,000-year-old sword with Biblical origins is discovered in Egypt
A stunning bronze sword has been discovered in Egypt. The weapon featured a hieroglyphic symbol of a powerful pharaoh who ...
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Snubbed by Egypt’s elite, can Alexandria's past glories help improve its present fortunes?
Less than a century ago, Alexandria was the summer playground for Egypt's rich and powerful. There to escape Cairo's stifling ...
Biblical-era bronze sword with markings of Egypt’s ‘most powerful’ Pharaoh unearthed at 3,000-year-old army barracks
A BIBLICAL-era bronze sword linked to a powerful ancient Egyptian Pharaoh has been discovered at 3,000-year-old army barracks. A team of archaeologists digging up the ancient fort discovered the ...
Rare Gold Finds and Graffiti Uncovered in Majestic Ancient Egyptian Temple
The temple, which measures around 450 feet in length and roughly 250 feet wide is perhaps the best-preserved in Egypt.
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Pharaoh’s 3,000-year-old bronze sword found in ancient Egyptian military fort
Archaeologists have unearthed the sword of Ramses II, one of Egypt’s most renowned pharaohs, during recent excavations in ...
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See an Ancient Egyptian Temple’s Brilliant Colors, Newly Revealed Beneath Layers of Dust and Soot
Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old ...
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How the Ancient Greeks Designed Their Cities
Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.
Sword with markings of ancient pharaoh Ramses II unearthed in Egypt, archaeologists say
Ramses the Great is credited with expanding Egypt's reach as far as modern Syria to the east and Sudan to the south.
Sword with pharaoh’s mark found in Egypt, still shimmering 3,000 years later
The bronze sword was unearthed by archaeologists at an ancient fort in the Nile Delta. It was emblazoned with the signature ...
Is Venice’s famed winged lion statue actually Chinese?
New chemical evidence claims that Venice’s winged lion could be Chinese... And that it's not a lion but an altered Chinese ...
Ancient sword from the era of Moses, Book of Exodus uncovered in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have announced that they recently discovered a bronze sword bearing the symbol of King Ramesses II, ...