Miriam Leonard's lecture at CSMVS explored Freud's fascination with antiquities, particularly Egyptian artifacts, and their ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian name Abedju ... Those inscriptions invoke the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, but the name of the king entombed there could not ...

CAIRO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered a tomb dating back more than 4,000 years at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, the Ministry of Tourism and ...

unveiling a wide window into the ancient culture and revealing details about the daily life at the temple complex. First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered In an area northeast of the actual ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummified crocodiles dating back over 3,000 years near Aswan. Found in sacred sites ...

Be honest, how effective do you consider crocodile dung would be as a contraceptive? It's one of the less bizarre items in a new Radio 4 programme on the history of family planning. Some of the ...

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