The god Horus shaped Egyptian kingship from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman era. In myth, he survived exile, reclaimed his father’s throne, and defeated Set in a legendary struggle that ...

Egyptian astrology connects daily divine energies to personal paths, offering guidance from ancient gods. Each zodiac sign ...

Published to coincide with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the monumental volume Way to Eternity accompanies the inauguration of a space conceived to foster a dialogue between past and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a rare burial chamber where several mummies were interred with thin gold foils in ...

Jewelry can be a tough gift to get right.  Beauty is subjective, but even the most gorgeous piece can fall flat without the ...

When the Nag Hammadi codices were discovered in Egypt in 1945, the world gained access to a body of writings that challenged some of the most deeply rooted assumptions in Western religion. Among these ...

In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and ...

Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.