Ancient people built rituals, beliefs, and entire mythologies around animals they viewed as sacred. Some were worshipped for their strength, others for their wisdom or mysterious nature.

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

Chakil based the designs on Egyptian animal deities that have been reinterpreted in modern ways. The Scarab coffee table recalls the plated exoskeleton of the scarab beetle, which was a symbol of ...

Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection was designed to reference ancient ... and Egyptian alabaster, which is endemic to the country but has become overlooked as a material for use in art ...

Passover, the traditional spring holiday, beckons with its spread of cultural and leisure time events up and down the country ...

From museums and art galleries to beaches and parks, here's some inspiration for your next family day out that doesn't have ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ... powered by all these animal mummies.” To the Greeks, part of the appeal of such Egyptian customs may have been the ease of making ...

In the other direction Sardinian and perhaps other ships are now thought to have carried Middle Eastern glass beads, Egyptian ... phase of their art - for they are the ancient Bronze Age ...

Use of colours in pre-historic era Humans have been long fascinated by colour, which has played a significant role since the ...

Explore the history of ancient board games, from Senet to Tâb, and discover how they shaped culture, strategy, and leisure.