What sort of weirdness would the Egyptian God of Toilets get up to? The strangest-looking Ancient Egyptian god might surprise ...

What did the ancient Greeks and Egyptians call the pyramids, and what did these ancient words originally mean?

The Eye of Horus, an omnipresent symbol in Ancient Egypt, is often associated with amulets and burials, carrying a spiritual ...

The P-Patch at High Point Commons Park looks like an ordinary community garden. But tucked into a corner is the West Seattle Bee Garden, where you can peek inside honeybee hives.

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

Africa is a continent of stories. Long before colonial borders and modern states, there were tales—tales whispered beside ...

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 ...

His vision: was to get children interested in ancient Egypt. Two years later ... beetle -- the dung beetle that represented the sun god Ra. “This beetle rolls a ball 1,000 times its weight.

In taking a more vengeful form, Hathor becomes Sekhmet, the goddess of war and healing, before Ra turns her back into Hathor. Hathor and Sekhmet are thus often interpreted by historians as a ...

Did the ancient Egyptians have a flood ... the myth of a flood being sent to destroy mankind. Egyptian goddess Sekhmet. Credit: Flickr / Jorge Elías CC BY 2.0 Early in Earth’s history, the sun-god Ra ...