The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

All seven messages on the Paris obelisk will soon be shared in a paper to be published in the Montpellier Egyptology journal ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Abydos was a center for the cult of the god Osiris, a synthesis of different Egyptian beliefs about death, resurrection and kingship. The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient ...

An inscription on two wooden panels was recovered by archaeologists, which was a mix of hieroglyphs and symbols ... use to reach Osiris, the Ancient Egyptian god of the dead, in the afterlife.

These messages were intended for the Egyptian elite who could understand these special symbols, considered a sacred language ... “Appeasing a power for Amun,” referring to the ancient Egyptian god of ...

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty ... city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god of the underworld — and the preferred resting place for ...

As its name suggests, this ritual is based on the death and resurrection of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld. It is also possible that the staffs and vessels were used for a ...

In the Egyptian ... human condition. Ancient astrologers believed that the planet Mars had its exaltation in Capricorn. Thus, the deity personifying Mars is depicted as a war god standing atop ...

Archaeologists say Nitzan picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that ... they also connected the bugs with the primary god of creation. In the Egyptian language, the beetle’s name stems from ...