It is very common to find images of birds in the art of Ancient Egypt. We see them in paintings and sculptures with species of all kinds, from the ducks hunted on the Nile to the ibis that lent its head to the god Thoth, to the vulture that topped the white crown of Upper […]

For decades, experts in ancient art have relied on techniques such as infrared spectroscopy or chromatography to determine what colors and adhesives the Egyptians used. But these tools only offer partial clues: they indicate that a protein is present, but do not reveal which animal or plant it comes from, nor whether it is original […]

The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Bubastion necropolis in the Saqqara archaeological area has announced the results of the first excavation season in Sector A, located west of the Bubastion area. The work carried out during this initial campaign has brought to light a tomb belonging to the Old Kingdom, attributed to a figure […]