In ancient Egypt, baldness symbolized purity, not aging. Priests shaved their heads for ritual cleanliness, while nobles and royals wore wigs and crowns as signs of status and divinity. These artistic ...
NEW YORK — 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 museum’s ...
CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that ...