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

Hot cross buns once symbolised pagan festivals, moved into Christian rites and survived royal bans to remain a symbol of ...

Two studies that examined these clay objects, until now thought to be the bases for other elements, argue that they were ...

The God of War games reference several yet-unseen myths, which opens up the series to several interesting paths forward.

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From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian ... works of art, from the gilded portrait mask of a sixth- or seventh-century B.C. noblewoman to a bronze figure of the god Nefertem inlaid ...

For many people who celebrate it, Passover brings to mind memories of Seder meals with family and reading from the Haggadah, the script for the Seder ritual, which commemorates the biblical story of ...

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