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Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

After the Great Pyramids of Giza were finished, the next pharaoh was interred in an unusual and distant structure.

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable ...

In moments of doubt, I find myself wondering whether the concept of there being a God is simply a human invention, a comforting story created to give life meaning and order. Throughout history, human ...

This, says Brown, may indicate a connection to an ancient Egyptian text called the "Books of the Underworld and Sky", in which the god Horus holds ... may have been created specifically for ...

the falcon-headed sky-god. I was a weird kid. I wanted to become an Egyptologist, and eventually write a book on Egyptian mythology. I was about 12 at the time, so I really was a weird kid. As I grew ...

"We hypothesize they actually created an infused oil, which was later added to wine." McEvoy's findings add new depth to prevailing understandings about ancient Egypt and about questionable lotus ...