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Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...
Ever wondered what Cleopatra might ... it was practically ancient Egypt’s pharmacy in a flower. Depictions of the blue lotus appear everywhere in Egyptian art and artifacts.
A first-century A.D. Roman would falsely assert that "ancient writers repeatedly speak of ... on Egyptian coins is likely her most authentic portrait. Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource ...
An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.
The exhibition will display eleven statues of Cleopatra that depict the famous queen of ancient Egypt as a short, fat and ugly woman. The curator of the exhibition, Susan Walker, was quoted by the ...
An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at ...