King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Historians recently shared their findings about an ancient purple dye factory at Tel Shiqmona in modern-day Israel, providing ...

The most beautiful ancient Greek myth is the creation of the Aegean islands, and  particularly of Delos and the Cyclades.

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation ... arched over her brother, the ...

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

"In ancient cultures, Egyptian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Indian, Persian, Chinese, and Greek, there existed a concept of the sacred mountain of the world upon which the tree of life was ...

(CNN) — Those who know him best say Ahmed Hassanein isn’t close to reaching his full potential, even as he made history this weekend as the first Egyptian ... did know that God had me there ...

the falcon-headed sky-god. I was a weird kid. I wanted to become an Egyptologist, and eventually write a book on Egyptian mythology. I was about 12 at the time, so I really was a weird kid. As I grew ...

Global growth is expected to decline and downside risks to intensify as major policy shifts unfold After enduring a prolonged and unprecedented series of shocks, the global economy appeared to have ...

Re (also spelled Ra) was a sun god in ancient Egypt. The giant false door, which is made of pink granite, is about 14.8 feet (4.5 meters) high and 3.8 feet (1.2 m) wide, the Egyptian Ministry of ...