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 ...

Saudi Arabia's leading executioner says he is "very proud to do God's work" and does not lose sleep over beheading ... With one stroke of the sword I severed his head. It rolled metres away," he said, ...

It seems like every other slot machine has an ancient Egypt theme, with pyramids, mythological characters or symbols. Ancient ...

One Piece animation post-time skip managed to grab the attention of the entire anime industry, and fans were happy that the series was getting the visual brilliance that it deserved. This fame and ...

Former Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass said the piece appeared to have been “stolen” in the 1970s from the Karnak Temple complex just north of Luxor. “We think it left Egypt after ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a “beautiful” stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

Gudu is slowly awakening to the insurgent ideas of followers of a new god, Amma, who swear to undermine the historically unequal relationship between landowners and their bondsmen. Count Ashenafi ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research suggests. Mummified cats (Felis catus) were such a common offering to the ...