Egyptian kings are commonly called pharaohs, following the usage of the Bible. The term pharaoh is derived from the Egyptian per ʿaa (“great estate...

The two basic types of writing in ancient Egypt were hieroglyphs, which were used for monuments and display, and the cursive form known as hieratic...

Snefru was the first king of ancient Egypt of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 BCE). He probably built the step pyramid of Maydūm and then modified...

Menes was the legendary first king of unified Egypt. According to tradition, he joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single centralized monarchy and e...

The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

There is some debate over when exactly the Renaissance began. However, it is generally believed to have begun in Italy during the 14th century, aft...

Prominent figures of the Renaissance, understood as a broadly European era, include philosopher and statesman Niccolò Machiavelli, known for the po...

One of the fields that embodied the Renaissance was fine art, especially painting and sculpture. Renaissance art was inspired by Classical Greek an...

The idea of a Renaissance man developed in Italy and derived from Leon Battista Alberti’s notion that “a man can do all things if he will.” The ide...