An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

The Egyptian Myth of Bastet In Egyptian Mythology, Bastet was the goddess of love, music, fertility, and home. She presided over domestic issues and protected pregnant women from disease.

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mutilated the left ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Online claims of "large underground structures" discovered under Egypt's famed pyramids of Giza are unfounded, experts in the ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see ...

Well, that comes down to their religion which celebrated lots of different gods and goddesses each with their own role to play. Ancient Egyptians believed they would be judged by their gods and ...

Great news for all young Egyptologists: there’s a wonderfully educational temporary exhibition currently running in London ...