The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

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

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

Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

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

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more ...

Perfumes had captivated the ancient Greeks and through many sources, we can still venture through the world of perfumes in ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

Ziv Nitzan, a 3½-year-old girl, found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip to Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, in Israel ...

This third episode in the Ancient Racism series explores evolving ideas of ethnicity from imperial art to mythology, highlighting how Egyptians viewed foreigners and interacted with neighboring ...