While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Old Temple Dedicated to Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Discovered by Archeologists Near a Train Station The Supreme Council of ...

Rare and exceptional artworks and relics from the world’s most acclaimed cultures will cross the auction block along with ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at ... “It was either worn in life or death.” The golden figurine, however, has an attachment on the back and underside, which is curved, rendering the ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece ... The golden figurine, however, has an attachment on the back and underside ...

Nonetheless, the name “William the Hippo,” stuck and became a modern nickname for the ancient Egyptian hippo figurine—currently labeled at the museum as “Hippopotamus (‘William’).” The special ...

“Small statue figures, like this one ... Psychedelic Traces on Ancient Egyptian Mug: Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers said.

after they were arrested in possession of a large collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The smuggled artifacts include 26 Ushabti statues and two ancient coffins of pharaonic mummies in good ...

Egyptian zodiac signs originate from ancient Egyptian astrology, often linked to the deities and their influence on life. Nick Brundle Photography / Getty Images ...

The carvings also include depictions of abstract symbols and figures that look like humans ... Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany ...

Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...