Every fossil find and genetic study tweaks what we think we know about the timeline or the circumstances under which ...

Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of cat domestication, revealing a ...

Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and ...

especially involving some of Ancient Egypt's iconic figures whose legacy ... His father Akhenaten upended traditional religion and his mother Nefertiti became a symbol of royal power.

For many people who celebrate it, Passover brings to mind memories of Seder meals with family and reading from the Haggadah, the script for the Seder ritual, which commemorates the biblical story of ...

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was rewritten by ...

It was a hive of ritual and magic that arguably couldn ... But Egyptology, the formal study of ancient Egyptian civilization, didn’t begin in earnest until Napoleon Bonaparte invaded at ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient humans living about 15,000 years ago in present day Morocco may have ritualistically feasted on some of the world’s ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a ...