The remains of a 3,400-year-old village in Egypt dating to the New Kingdom have been uncovered. The village may have […] ...

Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of cat domestication, revealing a ...

The New Yorker magazine has managed to insult Christians and Jews alike with a cartoon depicting the Last Supper in an April ...

During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

Egypt has a population of around 111 million people, of whom 90 are Sunni Muslim and 10 are Although they re 11 million ...

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

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

This beetle, considered sacred in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, was a symbol of ... that reflect religious beliefs or status," said Dr Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient amulets and seals.

Archaeologists say Nitzan picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that ... “Sometimes, they bear symbols and messages that reflect religious beliefs or status.” Nitzan discovered the scarab ...

Two-thirds of all Eastern Christians, most of whom are Copts, live in Upper Egypt. The proximity of two different religious communities regularly results in sectarian conflicts. “When it rains ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...