Ancient Egyptian culture, throughout its many ups and downs, was consistently fixated around two features of their ethos: pharaohs and religion. In actuality, these two aspects go hand in hand, as the pharaoh was typically believed to be a living god. These ideals stood the test of time throughout ...

The Egyptian Hall at the Carnegie Museum is an excellent way to study ancient Egyptian culture. I was surprised to see all of the interesting facts I could gather about the culture I once knew very little about. The research project for my anthropology class taught me a lot about the history of Egyp...

During my trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I observed many interesting paintings, sculptures, and artifacts. The two exhibits I chose to do my report on were "Anonymous Official," from the thirteenth dynasty in Egypt, (1783 B.C.), and "Head from a Herm" from the early Greek civilization, ...