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

Kadist showcases Naomi Rincón Gallardo’s marvelously otherworldly videos. While it may be the artist’s first U.S. solo exhibition, the Mexico City and Oaxaca-based artist’s work has been show ...

"Both cultures placed deep emphasis on unity, spirituality, and the afterlife," Xue notes. "Egyptians imagined a glorious ...

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses I sat longer at Emory University than he did on the throne. His presumptive remains now lay encased in glass at Egypt’s Luxor Museum, a simple cloth draped from his ...

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

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman ... Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets ...

Ephesus: An ancient Greek city-state in Anatolia ... Furthermore, the presence of Egyptian scarabs and Cypriot seals attests to an extensive trade network in the Mediterranean. By the 10th century BC, ...

She’s just three and a half years old, but Ziv Nitzan has a pretty impressive archaeological find to add to her résumé. Visiting the Tel Azekah site with her family from their home in the ...

Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life ... They were also used for security, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said. “The Egyptians did not have locks and keys ...