A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

The oldest tailored dress from Egypt dates back more than 5,000 years a Discovered in 1913 in a tomb near Cairo by Sir Flinders Petrie Crafted from flax linen with pleats, V-neckline, and fitted bodic ...

The missing noses on Egyptian statues have puzzled historians for decades. While weather plays a part, the real reason may be rooted in ancient beliefs about power, spirit, and identity. This theory ...

In the second in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun published in celebration of the ...

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians began worshipping Hathor ... Hathor was often depicted as a human woman with a large headdress made of two cow horns and a sun disk. However, other depictions ...

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 ...

One offers a cryptic phrase 'Appease the ka-force of Amun' in reference to the ancient Egyptian god of the air ... has subtle bull horns inside a headdress worn by Ramses II. ' ...

The Eye of Horus engraved on a gold plate. This artifact was found in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who ruled more than 3,000 years ago. . | Credit: DEA / S. VANNINI via ...

Now, U.S. and Egyptian archaeologists ... and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress topped with a royal cobra. However, the discovery of this ancient statue—and exquisite preservation ...

The Temple of Taposiris Magna is dedicated to Osiris, the Egyptian god of death ... statue is a limestone bust of an unidentified king wearing the Nemes ceremonial headdress of a pharaoh. The coins ...