Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...

THE calendar of the ancient Egyptians was one of the earliest experiments in calendar making, and it was one of the most enduring. It was still in use at the beginning of the Christian era much as ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

In the face of Hamas threat, President Trump proposes Egypt and Jordan take in Gazan refugees while Gaza undergoes cleansing ...

PROF. ELLIOT SMITH and Mr. Warren Dawson have written a very interesting and useful book on mummies, which appears in a most attractive guise (except for some of the illustrations). Its outward ...

More than 5,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, a mixture of silica, lime, copper, and an alkali was heated, resulting in a bright blue compound known as calcium copper silicate. This striking, vibrant ...

This is a tool that the Ancient Egyptians used. See the way it's a bit broken? Well, that's because it's very old. We call this kind of object an artefact. An artefact gives us a little window ...

How did the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation begin? What did the ancient Egyptians believe? Key Vocabulary Quiz: Ancient Egypt Play: History Explorer Oh! I’ve lost my pen. Ancient Egyptian ...

According to Live Science, the discovery sheds new light on the ancient Egyptian celebration of Wepet Renpet, or the Opening of the Year, a festival that was central to their culture and calendar.

CAIRO — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the causeway of ...

The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress Sonja Anderson The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...