A 2,300-year-old marble statuette discovered in Alexandria, Egypt, has offered new insights into how dwarves were perceived during the Ptolemaic period (332–150 B.C.). Depicting a muscular, nude dwarf ...
Wepet Renpet was intrinsically linked to the heliacal rising of Sirius, which heralded the summer solstice and the annual flooding of the Nile River. This inundation was crucial for irrigating ...
The Met Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition will unveil a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy from the 1700s to present day. The exhibit, which features Black style in ...