Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

In ancient Egypt, few animals were more revered than the cat—and nowhere was this more true than in the city of Bubastis. In ...

Known as a kore, this 2,500 year-old-statue is a fusion of ancient aesthetics and a symbol of cultural exchange between the ...

Researchers had long understood that tattooing was a cultural practice in Nubia, a region along the Nile. However, poor ...

The Chinchorro began mummifying their dead well before the Egyptians immortalized the practice. However, the Chinchorro ...

Much of our recent work has centred around Antirhodos Island, revealing a temple to the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis which ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Two decades in the making, more than $1bn (€870m) spent and ...