Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest ...

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

What did the ancient Egyptians truly believe awaited them after death? Journey into the sacred rituals of the 19th Dynasty, where every painted coffin, golden shrine, and magical spell was a map to ...

The merging of the ancient Greek and Egyptian gods Isis/Persephone (left) and Serapis/Hades (right) is an example of religious syncretism. Credit: Heraklion Archaeological Museum / CC0 / Wikimedia ...

Welcome to the world of the Egyptian gods. This is where the famous gods of Ancient Egypt, from Anubis to Thoth, live their lives freely. How freely, you ask? Bastet appears out of nowhere, singing ...