This marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.

duncan1890 / Getty Images Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life. So much so, in fact, that there are said to be over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon.

Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead and protector of the gates to the underworld, was said to oversee every aspect ...

With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change.

The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve. Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing ...

Well, that comes down to their religion which celebrated lots of different gods and goddesses each with their own role to play. Ancient Egyptians believed they would be judged by their gods and ...

Experts believe these ornate tongues were intended to allow the dead to speak with the god of the underworld, Osiris. Gold nails, however, are rarely found in Egyptian archaeological digs.

Insider interviewed Egyptologist Anthony Browder to assess facts about ancient Egypt in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "The Mummy" (1999), "Moon Knight" (2022), "Gods of Egypt" (2016), "The Ten ...

And centuries after even the conversion of Constantine, we find endowments to liturgies, to mystery cults, to different Egyptian and Greco-Roman gods. Paganism continues on even after the ...