In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of prayer and solitude still speaks to seekers longing for depth today.

While the celebrations again occur amid anxieties related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the specter of ...

Today is not a good day for any hardcore Liverpool FC haters. This morning, the Egyptian king that is striker Mo Salah signed ...

From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

A woman saved a decrepit building in the ’70s and turned it into, among other things, an art museum, an opera house and a ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they die?