A pair of deadly attacks this month, in Syria and Australia, has shone a fresh spotlight on the Islamic State, the militant group whose sudden rise to power in the ...

Ancient Egyptian deities were often depicted in the form of animals. The goddess Isis was sometimes shown as a cow, and her son Horus, the god of kingship, took a falcon’s form. But the identity of ...

Egyptians adored Isis, divine protector of the dead, for two millennia before her cult spread beyond the Nile to the rest of the Roman Empire. In this 13th-century B.C. mural from the tomb of Horemheb ...

It comes after Mr Albanese insisted in September that reports of their repatriation were “not accurate”. The women, who travelled to join the Islamic State in conflict zones, have since returned to ...

Lunar goddesses have been revered for centuries, reflecting our ancient collective consciousness. When we gaze at the night sky, we often feel a sense of wonder, spiritual connection, or emotional ...

Nine months after the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a rebel offensive, Syria faces a litany of new challenges. The country, which is now being led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir ...

A woman has been banned from driving with a personalised number plate that reads ‘IAMISIS’. Isis Wharton is named after the Egyptian goddess Isis – but the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV ...

3’S DENSON. CORTEZ. FOR MANY, THIS KIA SEDAN IS JUST A WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. BUT FOR ISIS WHARTON, IT’S AN EXTENSION OF HER IDENTITY. I’M PROUD OF MY NAME. I’M PROUD THAT IT’S ON MY CAR, AND I FEEL ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) - A woman named Isis is shocked by the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ decision to revoke her personalized license plate that reads “IAMISIS.” Isis Wharton received ...