Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my ... and similar to the Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried ...

The Abusir Necropolis, meaning the “House of Osiris,” is a nod to the ancient Egyptian gods of the afterlife who guided souls to the realm of the dead. It houses remnants of the Old Kingdom ...

This cultural law has its origins in Ancient Greece. The Ancient Greek god Zeus is sometimes called Zeus Xenios, as he was also a protector of travelers. He thus embodied the religious obligation to ...

In a 2017 study in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers looked at the ancient DNA of five Canaanites who lived between 3,650 and 3,750 years ago and who were buried in Sidon, an ...