The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural ...

The spread of the cult of Marduk across Mesopotamia was proof of Babylon’s prestige. No ancient city was so desired and feared, so admired and denigrated. But in the Hebrew tradition ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

The ziggurats of Sumer, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the code ... beliefs and funerary practices of the ancient Egyptians. The bust of Nefertiti, the Sphinx at Giza, and the treasures of ...

The ziggurats of Sumer, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon ... practices of the ancient Egyptians. The exquisite craftsmanship of ...