Anubis is one of the oldest and most recognizable gods of Ancient Egypt, a mysterious figure associated with death, ...

Ancient records show an Egyptian king prior to Homer's time also went by the name of Heracles. Could his life have influenced ...

The Greenfield Papyrus depicts Medjed, an obscure deity from the Book of the Dead, as a walking shrouded figure with human ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a series of tombs dating from about 1,800 to 4,800 years ago, some of which contain colorful mummy masks and even the childlike statue of the god of silence, ...

The Egyptian gods have gathered in New York. From the falcon-headed Horus to the lioness Sakhmet, the shrouded Osiris to the cow goddess Hathor and the sky-bending Nut, these divine beings—drawn from ...

Researchers have found evidence of a hallucinogenic ritual that may have helped ancient Egyptians reenact a mythical story in which a dwarf god tricks the sky goddess. In a paper published Nov. 13 in ...

Ancient Greece and Egypt shaped each other through trade, religion, mythology, art, and politics long before Alexander and ...