For decades, researchers knew there were inscriptions all over the Temple of Esna in Egypt. Millennia of muck coated the walls, but one could make out that something was there, even though it was ...

Egyptian and German experts have successfully restored the lost colors and glimmering metals that once enlivened ancient Egypt’s second largest, and perhaps best preserved, temple. Since 2021, Egypt’s ...

The most recent excavation, 10 miles south of Cairo, builds off work at a so-called sun temple that began in 2021.

Every spring, New Yorkers are treated to a new fascinating work of art atop the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year, the commission for Met roof garden installation went to American ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have finally exposed the full layout of a long-suspected “sun temple” complex, turning a century-old ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

During the restoration of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers found rare traces of gold and paint, photos show. Photo from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The cavernous corridors of an ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

Singer and composer H. Sinno is bringing a site-specific opera to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur. (Derrick Kakembo | The Metropolitan Museum of Art) For nearly 50 years, the Temple ...

Whenever one imagines the life of an archeologist, they tend to picture someone discovering some remarkable artifact after clearing away dirt, sand, or debris. Perhaps they even envision some ...

For nearly 50 years, the Temple of Dendur, an ancient Egyptian monument, has famously made its home at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The temple is also an inspiration for musicians and ...