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

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Beauty and wellness types are embracing saffron, with a wave of products making the ancient ingredient feel new again.

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

MANILA, Philippines — Alexie Brooks impresses fans with her recently released portraits that channel Egyptian queen Nefertiti at Miss Eco International 2025. The Ilonggo beauty wore a splendid ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus ... for a fleeting moment when they awoke — reportedly saw the face of Hathor, the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. “It’s ...

Archaeologists also discovered a terracotta statue of the goddess Isis-Aphrodite. Religious syncretism of this kind was common in ancient Egypt and elsewhere in the Classical world. In this case, the ...

Already ancient by the time Classical Greece flourished, the pyramids at Giza represent the most iconic ancient Egyptian structures ... shine complex of Amun-Re, god of the sun – was intended ...

god of the sun – was intended to represent the primeval swamp land that emerged at the creation. Outside of the archaeological sites themselves, the world's great museums preserve many more Egyptian ...

Inscriptions on both sides of the entrance to the tomb name the Egyptian goddesses Isis and Nephthys. The two were sisters and were often paired together as Isis represented birth and Nephthys death.