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

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

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

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This feature originally appeared on the Classic Rock website in August 2018. In 2023, the rustic character on the cover of ...

Although many spiritual practices address the body-heart-mind-spirit continuum, dancing is one of the few that includes all ...

Flowers have long carried meaning across cultures. Egyptians revered the lotus as a symbol of purity and rebirth, while ancient Greeks crowned the heads of poets and warriors with laurel, representing ...

As a Barbican retrospective celebrates the artist’s extraordinary career, we caught up with his wife Karon to hear about her ...

The trove includes many individual works of art, from the gilded portrait mask ... They say it opens a window into a period late in ancient Egyptian history when Saqqara was at the center of ...

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