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 ...

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

Archaeologists discover even more remarkable biblical scenes on the floor of a 1,600-year-old synagogue in Israel.

This two-foot-tall basalt statue depicts Udjahorresnet, an Egyptian courtier who held high positions under the final two pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty (664–526 B.C.) and the first two pharaohs of the ...