A surprising discovery suggests the Moai statues on Easter Island share symbolic elements with the carvings on Pillar 43 of Göbekli Tepe. From M-shaped motifs and bird imagery to recurring “handbag” ...

seated statues of Pharaoh Ramses II. Covered in hieroglyphs and ornate carvings of people, birds and boats, this tan oddity really is a marvel, etched out to closely mirror the rock-cut temples of ...

Although heavily influenced by Egyptian and Mesopotamian mythology, the classical Greek depiction of the sphinx consists of the body of a lion, the head of a woman, and the wings of a bird.

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have uncovered the missing upper part of a "huge" statue depicting an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission ...

In Egypt, animals such as cats, dogs and birds associated with deities were routinely sacrificed and mummified for ancient Egyptian burials ... alabaster statue depicting a person, possibly ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period from 1550–1070 B.C. They identified the ...

Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors to ...

A huge false door made out of pink granite uncovered the tomb of an Ancient Egyptian prince dating back over 4,000 years, ...

The statue appears to be the most expensive item sold as part of the sale of Twitter’s “surplus corporate assets,” topping the more than $17,000 paid for a neon light-up bird logo.