“Balanced” exhibition by Ashraf Shaker. The exhibition features 40 artworks executed in various materials, including metal, ...

Crocodiles were deadly — and sacred. This video explains why the ancient Egyptians worshipped Sobek, the crocodile god. He represented fertility, danger, power, and survival. Fear and reverence were ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Liza Ulitzka is desperate. Her ex-husband has gone into hiding in Egypt with both children. At the beginning of December, the ...

NEW YORK — One of New York City’s most prominent art museums this month unveiled its biggest ancient Egypt exhibition in more than a decade, focusing on gods and deities from the period. “Divine Egypt ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the ...

The Egyptian gods have gathered in New York. From the falcon-headed Horus to the lioness Sakhmet, the shrouded Osiris to the cow goddess Hathor and the sky-bending Nut, these divine beings—drawn from ...

Installation view of "Divine Egypt," now open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 2026 Anna-Marie Kellen / Courtesy of the Met This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking ...

A once-in-a-decade exhibition of ancient deities — many are goddesses — ranging over more than 3,000 years, from monumental statues to gleaming figurines. Critic’s Pick A once-in-a-decade exhibition ...

One of the largest tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings reopened to visitors after more than 20 years of renovation. The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 ...