While the civilization's rulers, language, writing, climate, religion and borders have changed many times over the millennia, Egypt still exists as a modern-day country. Ancient Egypt was closely ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II, a ...

As dawn breaks on Orthodox Easter Monday, Egyptians of all faiths gather in parks, on balconies, and along riverbanks, ...

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