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From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.
Saturday sees the start of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, with 32 teams playing 63 games between June 14 and July 13. Here's what you need to know about the teams, their chances, and this competition.
Witchcraft, sex machines and crabs... If you’re looking to get off the beaten track when it comes to museums, Europe has plenty of quirky alternatives. On International Museum Day, Euronews Culture ...
I traveled to Rome to accept an award for my recently published novel, The Accidental Jesus. The event would cap this year’s ...
As British contemporary art beats all odds to remain a cauldron of inventiveness and passion, Carla Passino discovers which ...
The '70s spawned all sorts of fashion trends – some of which we still wear today. However, some of the looks celebs donned in ...
Early Automata are moving mechanical devices constructed to assume the look and functionality of humans or any animal figures ...
The great poet T S Eliot has said April is the cruellest month of the year But to this astrologer April means tremendous energy combative spirit and the sap which makes trees grow In other words April ...
Scientists recreating the lost formula for 5,000-year-old Egyptian Blue affirm its unusual optical, magnetic, and biological ...
"The Panopticon" (meaning "all seeing"), and uses it as a menacing metaphor for how no one can escape the perniciously penetrating eye of the panoptical state. Banksy's witty 2014 work Mobile ...
Whether you're a porcelain collector or just enjoy strolling through antique shops, keep an eye out for vintage porcelain ...
The Eye of Horus, an omnipresent symbol in Ancient Egypt, is often associated with amulets and burials, carrying a spiritual and protective dimension. In Egyptian mythology, Horus, son of Osiris, lost ...