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

Two studies that examined these clay objects, until now thought to be the bases for other elements, argue that they were ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old royal tomb from an obscure line of pharohs whose very existence has been in ...

Miraculous births of figures like Jesus, Horus, Heracles, and Alexander the Great are found in ancient myths across different ...

Strange clay artifacts found in King Tut’s tomb may hold the key to a long-lost ritual shrouded in mystery for over 3,000 ...

The meaning of four objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb may have been discovered more than a century after they were ...

Seeing the longest eclipse in our lifetime is just the start of an unforgettable trip to visit remnants of an ancient civilization.

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

New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...