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

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

The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve. Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a ...

Ancient Egypt was filled with gods of power, war, and fertility, but few were as fearsome and revered as Sobek, the crocodile-headed deity. Worshiped as a protector, a creator of the Nile ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

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

And centuries after even the conversion of Constantine, we find endowments to liturgies, to mystery cults, to different Egyptian and Greco-Roman gods. Paganism continues on even after the ...

The God of War Greek saga lasted roughly a decade, consisting of four mainline entries, three spinoffs, and a handful of compilations and collections. Though it managed to keep fans hooked for ...

The Ancient Greeks Became Fascinated with Ancient Egypt Ancient Greeks were endlessly fascinated by Egyptian culture, and especially the Egyptian Gods whom they saw as versions of their own. So ...

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 ...