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

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the ... find ignited the West’s interest in a civilization that dominated the world for ...

Like Morocco, Egypt exists at the geographic of overlapping regions and identities that contribute to its complex ...

The trove includes many individual works of art, from the gilded portrait ... But Egyptology, the formal study of ancient Egyptian civilization, didn’t begin in earnest until Napoleon Bonaparte ...

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The findings, which were published in the journal “Antiquity,” could reshape our understanding of Egyptian civilization ... A statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (also known ...

animals have played vital roles in shaping civilizations. From symbols of power to loyal companions, discover these fascinating creatures that lived with and influenced the ancient world.

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...