As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

The next God of War is potentially heading to Egypt, and these are the gods and goddesses we want to meet when we get there.

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

Putting up a mezuzah in one’s doorway is a timeless and meaningful means of asserting proud Jewish identity. When it was ...

Embassy Down tells a suspenseful, fact-based, and often nerve-wracking story of the 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

That was the case recently when a remarkable discovery from the Copper Age was made during an otherwise routine dig for a new ...

This mood shift is best captured in Italy, where bombastic papier-mâché puppets are set to takeover the streets of Viareggio ...

Not only are the pyramids still one of the seven wonders of the world, but they are also full of … Continue reading ...

In many ways, the stray cats of Cairo mirror Egypt’s rapidly growing human population, resilient, adaptable, and constantly ...