Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.

Ancient Egypt is one of the world's most iconic civilizations, known for its awe-inspiring achievements and innovations.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Ancient Egyptians were so into oral sex, they put it in their religion — and religious art Artifacts from ancient Egyptian culture reveal a culture that was far less puritanical about oral sex ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

Ancient Egypt was an influential kingdom in North Africa and the Middle East for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many different gods.

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

With many local and national gods, Egyptian religion was a natural response to the mysteries of the universe and reflected the worries of everyday life in the Ancient World. Over the last thousand ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of Portsmouth Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Dr. Or Graur to uncover what ...

Ancient Egyptians got their ritualistic jollies on a concoction containing a mixture of fruits, nuts, psychedelics, bodily fluids and alcohol, according to new archaeological findings published in ...