During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

Death toll from Israel’s attacks on Gaza on Sunday rises to 37 as condemnation grows over attack on al-Ahli Hospital.

For Christians, Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the days before Easter commemorating events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life. The Scriptures say that on Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into ...

The mud trays are now thought to be part of a wider funerary ritual, which both invoked the god Osiris and permitted the ...

A new discovery has pointed towards Tutankhamun’s possible cause of death, 100 years after his tomb's discovery ...

Conservationist Sacha Dench is airborne once more and on a mission to change the public perception of a much-maligned ...

Ilja, Kirill's spiritual father, had been awarded the highest monastic title, that of ‘archimandrite with the skhima’, a super-cape with symbols that attest to the highest vows of ...

Shepseskaf's decision to build a mastaba instead of a pyramid has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, as it marked a significant break with dynastic and religious tradition.