The temple serves as the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania — there are about 70,000 Masons statewide — ...

During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

Why in-the-know travelers are flocking to a chic hideaway in Luxor, once the capital of ancient Egypt.

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, and temples around Palm Beach plan celebrations with food, prayer and ...

Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and ...

A Haggadah, meaning “telling,” is a fundamental Jewish text used to follow the order of the ritual Passover Seder meal, where ...

Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Standing in front of the Ramesseum Temple in Luxor, Egypt, visitors find themselves dwarfed by the size of the ruins, their eyes drawn to the larger-than-life ...

These statues of Pharoah Ramesses II stand guard at the entrance of Luxor Temple. Credit: Mohamed Kamal 1984/WikiMedia Commons The second day, we begin exploring and learning about ancient Egypt.

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, located on Luxor's West Bank, honors Queen Hatshepsut and god Amun, symbolizing her ...

New archaeological discoveries at the renowned Ramesseum Temple in Luxor, Egypt, have unveiled a remarkable new understanding of this ancient religious center, including the unprecedented finding of a ...