Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

Another mysterious Egyptian mummy has kept its secrets for a long time, but now, technology is helping us take a look inside.

Credit: Vania Teofilo / CC BY-SA 3.0 A mysterious Egyptian mummy known as “Bashiri” has captured ... The feet of the mummy display images of Anubis, the god of burial, reinforcing the belief that this ...

For instance, the mummy’s chest is adorned with a lateral lock made of beads arranged in the shape of a hawk’s head, a symbol widely associated with wealth and power in ancient Egypt. This element ...

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials. The age of the lines ...