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See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
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He’s a Security Guard at the Met. Now His Work Is Showing There.
Mr. Khalil told Mr. Tommasino he was an artist himself and made sculptures inspired by ancient Egyptian art. “I asked him to show me something,” Mr. Tommasino said. Mr. Khalil suggested that ...
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
The sculpture — just 4 inches (10 centimeters ... The statuette is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Met notes that the statuette combines the classical Greek ...
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Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
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 ...
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Don't miss Mai Refky's "Elsewhere" exhibition at Zamalek Art gallery
Sharjah Art Gallery "Solidarity Now" is the AUC Visual Arts Programme's second annual juried Visual Arts Open Exhibition on ...
Feature: Luxor artisans revitalize ancient Egyptian art of alabaster carving
Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt Luxor skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs - ...
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Artist Khaled Zaki to represent Egypt at Saudi Arabia's int’l sculpture symposium
Joy in the Struggle of Making, the 6th edition of the live Tuwaiq Sculpture International Symposium will bring together 30 local and international artists from 23 countries to craft public artworks ...