Cats held a revered place in ancient Egyptian society, symbolizing protection, grace, and divine connection. These sacred ...

This character artist’s meticulous render depicts an ancient figure who’s travelled from Norse mythology to PlayStation ...

Every year brings new discoveries from ancient Egypt and 2024 was no exception. In this countdown, Live Science takes a look ...

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.

Experts Publish Stunning Pictures From 52-Foot-Long 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Scroll, Call It “Papyrus for the Dead” ...

Back in June, construction workers in Hidalgo, Mexico were hard at work adding a third lane to the Pachuca-Huejutla highway when they stumbled upon a 1,375-year-old pyramid. Their historic ...

Museums are great levelers. Inside their walls, narratives, portraits, icons and altarpieces become paintings; crucifixes, totems and temple gods become sculptures; sacred objects, out of context ...

A few decades before 1200 BCE God helped Prophets Moses and Aaron take the Hebrews out of Egypt. A thousand years later the Maccabees did it; all by themselves. How did this great ongoing ...

Known as decans, each one was associated with an Egyptian god, and the most favored were often inscribed on temples and funerary objects. Evidence has emerged with the discovery of a religious ...

2,100-year-old temple found in Egypt’s Athribis site near Sohag Stone reliefs depict King Ptolemy VIII offering to goddess Repit Rare carvings of decans discovered in a temple chamber ...

Inside it are rooms filled with statues of Nepal's sacred gods and goddesses. Among them is the Saraswati sculpture. Sitting atop a lotus, the Hindu goddess of wisdom holds a book, prayer beads ...

Role and Importance: Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife, is one of the most iconic deities of Egyptian mythology. Often depicted with the head of a jackal, Anubis is ...