This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

According to ancient Egyptian manuscripts, the eye makeup was believed to have a magical role, in which the gods Horus and Ra would protect wearers against several illnesses. Bacterial eye ...

A seated figure of Anubis, god of mummification and protector of the deceased, appears on either side of the face at chin level. Like the masks that had covered the faces of Egyptian mummies for ...

Mummified cats (Felis catus) were such a common offering to the Egyptian gods around 3,000 years ago that humans started breeding them (along with other sacrificial species). It's estimated ancient ...