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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

Thanks for the James Webb Space Telescope image, researchers were able to observe four coiled shells of dust around the pair ...

Flowers, often part of Minoan and Egyptian art, were symbols of life, the afterlife, and rebirth, according to a study of ...

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

A nested series of dusty spirals is captured swirling around a mighty triple star system containing two of the rarest stars ...

Centuries of church schisms show that if there’s a doctrine to be fought over, there’s a good chance Christians will fight ...

Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or even sacred properties date back millennia.

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

The final stretch of the Neues Museum tour delves into the complex religious beliefs and funerary practices of the New Kingdom (19th Dynasty) and beyond. The narrative opens with Seti I—father of ...