In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

Scientists have successfully extracted the DNA of ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. This is ...

Egyptian Pharaohs had the grandest of names, but what would yours be if you lived in the kingdom of everlasting sun and giant ...

High in Egypt’s Nile Delta lie the ruins of Bubastis, the ancient city devoted to Bastet, once described by classical writers as a powerful center of female worship and devotion. This full documentary ...

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Occurred on 21, 2025 / Stonehenge, England Info from Licensor: "This summer I explored ancient Egypt and the pyramids. That’s why I went to my first Winter Solstice at Stonehenge! I was shocked when I ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

The front pages of The Daily Mail, The Times and The Daily Telegraph all focus on social media messages sent by the British-Egyptian activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, described by the government as ...