Monkeys: In Hindu mythology, monkeys are sacred due to their association with Hanuman, the monkey god who embodies strength, loyalty, and courage. Hanuman's devotion to Rama in the Ramayana has made ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

For decades, a scattering of ruins in southeastern Europe was dismissed as little more than an unremarkable military outpost, ...

The main pieces of evidence supporting the hydraulic theory were the discovery of a "dry moat" surrounding the pyramid, as well as a massive stone structure known as the Gisr el-Mudir. These features ...

The Call of Kinnaru and Visiting Professor of Classics Marissa Henry took to the stage last Thursday for a performance of ...

Secret hieroglyphs found in the Paris obelisk reveal how Pharaoh Ramses II used hidden messages to show divine power and ...

Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread institution embraced by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. But back then, marriage had little to do with love or with ...

The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the ...

The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...

"People would make devotional offerings in the form of animals as mummies. This would have more potency as a blood sacrifice, ...