While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Ma’at was one of the most important goddesses of the ancient world. Ancient Egyptians believed that she was the one who held ...

The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European art fair in Maastricht.

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Hygieia (from whose name we get the word ‘hygiene’) was known as the ...

For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

The ancient Egyptians ran an efficiently organised health service which was open to everyone, irrespective of wealth or class ...

The ancient Egyptians ran an efficiently organised health service which was open to everyone, irrespective of wealth or class ...

More than 3,000 years before the first hospital opened its doors, healers in the ancient world were already experimenting ...

Egyptian astrology is one of the oldest spiritual traditions linking the heavens and the Earth. Long before the Western ...

Pure white cats are fairly uncommon, making them rather mystical and unusual in their own right. These white cat names capture a bit of their unlikely magic, so if you like unique cat names, check ...