Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

Scientists used X-rays and CT scans to explore a mummified crocodile, uncovering incredible details about its last meal, and ...

Ideas for keeping kids interested and engaged in the holiday, from DIY projects to do at home to road trip-worthy activities ...

The team has uncovered and photographed scenes that reveal how ancient Egyptians depicted and worshipped their gods and how they conceived of the universe through the astronomical objects and ...

Even the Bible itself contains other examples.... As the ancient Greeks encountered other civilizations and cultures through trade, conquest, and colonization, they often merged their own gods with ...

The Ancient Greeks used black and white pebbles ... Stas was a great teacher and champion of using waste in art and his mosaics in the Lemba Wall near Paphos were ground-breaking.

But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.