Sadigh Gallery

Ancient Egyptians didn’t have a word for “art,” but their unparalleled wealth of architecture, paintings, murals, statues, and other crafts surely reflected art in the most impressive form. Ancient Egyptian art is characterized by common themes of gods and pharaohs as well as everyday life and healthy human figures. Museums around the world – from Cairo to New York – contain many of these splendid artworks and collections. Here are some notable works of art from the Ancient Egyptian period. Khufu’s Statue This small yet grand ivory status of Pharaoh Khufu is the man’s only portrait discovered so far, the only physical proof of his reign for two decades. Found at the ancient necropolis of Abydos, the statue’s body was discovered ahead of its head. Today it’s housed in the Cairo museum. Image source : FactsandDetails.com    Egyptian Book of the Dead From the 16th century B.C., this scroll was entombed with different wealthy individuals. ...

Have you heard of out-of-place artifacts? Oopart, as it’s commonly called, represents dozens of prehistoric items found in different places around the world that appear to be technologically advanced, unlike the times in which they were made. Here are some interesting out-of-place artifacts, and they remain interesting whether they are fake or misinterpreted, misdated, or don’t come with any reasonable explanation. Image source: ArchyFantasies.com 500,000 year old spark plug In 1961, three individuals were searching for geodes for their gem and gift shop in California when they stumbled on what seemed to be a spark plug encased in a geode. The device was dated at 500,000 years or older. Armed with x-rays and an artist’s sketch of the artifact, critics of the claim thought it was truly a modern spark plug housed in a quick-forming concretion instead of a geode. Mysterious blue stone Could an odd kind of blue stone, discovered in 1990 by archeologist Angelo Pit...