The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat Wye, was one of the most significant. Sometimes seen as a distinctive ...

The Egyptian obelisk in Place de la Concorde in Paris may conceal hieroglyphic messages intended for the elite of ancient ...

A recent article published in the Journal of Egyptian ... gods were needed. The mud trays are now thought to be part of a wider funerary ritual, which both invoked the god Osiris and permitted ...

A recent article published in the Journal of Egyptian ... Amun and the other gods was set in motion. The cult centre of Amun at the Temple of Karnak regained its status. The name of Akhenaten and his ...

“[Tutankhamun’s] burial chamber appears to have been arranged to recreate a funerary rite later known as the ‘Awakening of Osiris,’ in which Horus (a major ancient Egyptian deity ... resurrection of ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mutilated the left ...

A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris.