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

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

The statue was carved from a single piece of limestone, and pigment residue suggests that the entire Great Sphinx was painted ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

The skeletons were found buried in the ancient Abu Fatima cemetery in Nubia (now a region in Sudan). Of the 30 skeletons, 14 ...

Traditional Dance will be featured on screen on 25 April at the Scottish Storytelling Centre as part of Pomegranates Festival. On that evening there will be an evening of ten short films celebrating ...

Ilongga beauty queen Alexie Brooks paid homage to Egypt even before setting foot on the northern African country through a ...

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many different gods. Today, we can still see traces of this culture in archaeological sites and museums all over the world ...

The remarkable discovery was made by a joint Egyptian-American team working at Hermopolis, as detailed in a report by the University of Colorado Boulder. The upper portion includes the pharaoh’s face, ...

Now, U.S. and Egyptian archaeologists ... and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress topped with a royal cobra. However, the discovery of this ancient statue—and exquisite preservation ...

the experts from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that the upper half stretched some 12.5 feet tall, and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress topped with a royal cobra.