On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be the most striking find in the history ... the bust that made her famous ...

Experts have now described the bust as unique in the world and it will be put on public display next autumn. SME reported that after extensive research conducted by art historian Marta Herucova of ...

It evokes a famous photograph of Johnson, beaming with a crown of brilliant blooms strewn through her hair. The bust was erected ... professor of practice in art history at the University of ...

"Art is about building new ... notion of possession and belonging of history in our museums and our minds." Nefertiti’s bust might be one of the most famous archaeological finds of the 20th ...

A long-overlooked marble bust in ... as one of history’s greatest sculptors for his reinvention of historical influences, including Classical antiquity and elegant medieval art.

the pharaohs were portrayed with Egyptian and not Roman art styles as was the case with the newly discovered statues. Some archaeologists said that the bust likely belonged to a princess who lived ...

Peru’s most famous mummy, known as the Inca Ice Maiden ... in the form of a silicon bust. The complex process is the result of various analyses, from skull measurements and body scans to studies ...

Nefertiti’s famous painted limestone ... a radical change in Egyptian art. In his petition launched on Saturday, Hawass asked for the return of the bust, saying it was removed from Egypt ...

The Worcester Art Museum, about an hour from Boston, said in a statement last week that it had “transferred ownership” of the 2nd-century bust “Portrait ... object’s history of ownership.” ...