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 ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians began worshipping Hathor, a powerful goddess associated with love, fertility, and motherhood. Often depicted with a cow’s head or as a woman adorned wit ...

Even the ancient Egyptians had paid sick days The residents ... She was dotted with cow figures, snakes, lotus blossoms and symbolic eyes. “Many of the tattoos are linked with the goddess ...

They're ancient Egyptian, more ancient even than the pharaohs or the pyramids. These cows are miniatures - small models, hand-moulded out of a single lump of Nile river clay. And on them you can ...

This clay model of four cows was made in Egypt over 5000 years ago. It was placed in a grave, perhaps to provide its owner with food in the afterlife. Cows were revered in Egypt as a source of ...

Cows in ancient Egypt symbolized "strength ... discover 1st astronomical observatory from ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptians placed the barracks along a military road in the northwest Nile ...

Mummified ewes, dogs, wild goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were found in the temple along with the ram heads, which are thought to be votive offerings indicating continuing reverence for ...

“[This] cave is the first of its kind to be discovered in the area,” Aymen Ashmawi, head of the Ministry of Antiquities’ ancient Egyptian antiquities ... leopards, cows and mules, according ...

Catanzariti said the Egyptians saw those qualities as signs of divinity. Along with the cats, researchers uncovered gilded statues depicting a lion, a cow and a falcon. There also were wooden ...

the engraving featuring the cow-shaped ancient Egyptian deity Akht will soon be back in its original position. The engraving is part of a larger one at Behbit El-Hegara temple which was built ...

The barracks’ advanced architectural layout exemplifies the engineering talents of the ancient Egyptian builders ... researchers also found granaries, cow burials and pottery containing fish ...