Even if only a coincidence, it is nevertheless deeply symbolic that the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, arrived ...

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

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

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

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

It was believed to be a representation of the Creator God and had a powerful protective quality. Though originating in Egypt ... of social position. As ancient Egyptian culture spread, so did ...

Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum. Because they ...

The temple at Philae represented a significant site of worship for the ancient Egyptians and their religion, as it was believed to be one of the burial places of the god Osiris. The main god ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on February 18 that a joint Egyptian-British archaeological team had identified an ancient tomb near Luxor dating to the 15th century BC as ...