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3,000-Year-Old Tablet May Map Noah’s Ark’s Final Resting Place
In a finding that bridges ancient mythology with historical cartography, the British Museum’s analysis of a 3,000-year-old ...
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.
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Ancient Egypt Meets the 21st Century at the New Grand Egyptian Museum
Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...
At the Met, Black Artists Salute an Enduring Affinity With Egypt
A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?
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First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander
The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.
6,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Artifacts Unlock the Secrets of Writing’s Origins
Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
Egypt’s biblical connections and exotic allure compelled artists to reproduce the mysterious ancient inscriptions and sketch ...