I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that arose over decades, built ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host its grand opening on July 3, ...

In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin lies a fragile piece of papyrus that speaks not of turbulent romances ...

The Jewish tradition overflows with stories — and great storytellers. This month, just before Passover, award-winning ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we're dead ...

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 mut ...

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it's not a joke.

Mummification of animals was prevalent in ancient Egypt, as many tombs have been found containing remains of animals along ...