Researchers Find First Visual Representation of the Milky Way on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian Coffin Decoration For centuries, ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Archeologists believe the Great Sphinx of Giza doesn't represent a mythological creature but an ancient pharaoh.

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought h ...

Ancient Egyptians regularly mummified crocodiles in elaborate ceremonies in dedication to their crocodile god Sobek. A study of one of these crocodiles reveals details about the animal’s death ...

CAIRO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered a tomb dating back more than 4,000 years at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, the Ministry of Tourism and ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets ... offering comfort to the living and defense to the dead. Egyptian mythology gives us the origins for the Eye of ...

As the culminating project of Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare, more than 90 Brown students participated in a student-led, live-action reconstruction of the 13th-century B.C.E. Battle of ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Egyptian school, offering a rare glimpse into how the children of Egypt’s elite were trained. Constructed during the long reign of Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC), ...