One of the colorful paintings uncovered in the temple of Edfu. Martin Stadler / Universität Würzburg The ongoing restoration of one of the largest temples in Egypt has revealed colorful ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna ... would have dwarfed the rest of the temple. Larger-than-life scenes carved on each of its exterior walls offered ancient worshippers a mere hint of the resplendent ...

The temple walls' reliefs were restored to reveal colorful paint that decorated carvings of Egyptian gods. Martin Stadler / University of Würzburg Egypt’s second-largest ancient temple is ...

Egyptian and ... hues that graced the temple’s thoroughly ornamented walls for thousands of years. These colors, which ancient craftsmen sometimes added atop their carvings to correct them ...

A joint team of Egyptian and French ... a type of small statue usually carved to look like the deceased, archaeologists said. Other excavations north of Ramesseum Temple uncovered storage areas ...

Languages: English, Spanish Restoration work at the site of a "key" ancient Egyptian ... carvings on its walls, ceiling and preserved columns, renowned for their artistry and detail. "The Temple ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive ancient rock tunnel beneath an Egyptian temple ... 4,300 feet and is carved in a rock 42 feet below the ground in the area of the Temple of Tapozeris ...

their eyes drawn to the larger-than-life statues and decorative carvings. But archaeologists recently found themselves more interested in the temple’s surroundings — and for good reason.