A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Egypt has successfully recovered 21 artefacts that had been illegally smuggled to Australia, the Ministry of Tourism and ...

According to ancient Egyptian manuscripts, the eye makeup was believed to have a magical role, in which the gods Horus and Ra would protect wearers against several illnesses. Bacterial eye ...

The falcon god Horus often makes an appearance too. The Greco-Roman tradition had no problem about mixing in classical motifs. So in addition to representations of the Egyptian funerary gods ...

Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Sunday it had retrieved 21 artefacts, including a funerary figurine and an eye of Horus amulet, that had been smuggled ... was handed over to the Egyptian embassy ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient ... the Egyptian view of femininity. Often called “mistress of the sky,” Hathor is seen as a maternal figure in the Egyptian pantheon. According to Egyptian texts, she ...

When I was growing up, I loved anything related to ancient Egypt. Seriously, my room was decked out with posters, statues, and pieces of papyrus, while my shelves were stacked with books on all ...