The iconic prize was designed almost a century ago by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, and bears a striking resemblance to ancient depictions of Ptah, the Egyptian god of artists and craftsmen.

Archaeologists in Egypt just unearthed 2,600-year-old clay vessels — filled with ancient cheese. The discovery was made at ...

Egyptian mythology has a lot of gods. Some of them have loomed large in pop culture and the public imagination: Ra, Apophis, Anubis, Isis, Bast, Osiris, etc. Some are far more obscure. But that in ...

Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery. By Barbara Waterson Last updated 2011-02-17. Ptah. ... at Memphis, and as Ptah-Sokar became a god of the dead. The Greeks equated him with Hephaestus, god of ...

More than 2,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian priests buried a sacred statue of Ptah, the god of craftsmen and sculptors. During its "lifetime," Ptah's statue was likely well cared for, with priests ...

Archaeologists in Luxor discovered the cache in 2014, while excavating a temple dedicated to Egyptian creator god Ptah. Ptah's temple is situated in the precinct of Amun-Re, ...

Archeologists at Saqqara discovered the pink granite sarcophagus of Ptah-im-wea, high-ranking official and treasurer of Ramses II, in Egypt. Photo from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

The Shabaka Stone is a granite slab from the 25th Egyptian Dynasty, housed in the British Museum, containing the Memphite theology that regarded Ptah as the supreme god and creator. Ptah was the ...