Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egyptian society. It can be understood as “the rightness of things” and was a mixture of order, harmony, and justice. As with many important concepts in the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

A more perennial threat is the asteroid Apophis, which is nearly half a kilometer long. Big enough that it gets to have a cool name - in this case after the Egyptian god of darkness and ...

Apophis of ancient Egypt, and so forth. Where dragon mythologies diverge on an East/West basis is in the concept of good versus evil. In Western cultures, especially in Norse mythology ...

In a Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, the University announced vague plans for a new construction project — a 100-foot tall Egyptian-style obelisk to ... to the depths of the Duat and swallowed by ...

When Apophis passes approximately 31,860 kilometers above Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029 (a date that surely adds to its notoriety!), it will be visible to the naked eye as it moves across the sky.

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

Hamas has agreed to a new Egyptian proposal to release 5 hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a renewed ceasefire, a Hamas source tells CNN. Hamas leader Khalil ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the tomb was decorated with inscriptions dedicated to Isis and Nephthys, goddesses of the afterlife.