In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

Contrary to what is sometimes claimed, the ancient Egyptians did have a flood myth that is clearly analogous to those seen in ...

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Various Egyptian gods are either associated with ... In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced "Noot"), found among 555 ancient Egyptian coffins dating ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

They hurl thunderbolts, throw wild parties, and mess with the lives of mortals. Can you match each description to the correct god or goddess?

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

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 ...

Unlike his predecessors, he did not claim to represent the gods. Instead ... In a mural from Ancient Egypt, the goddess Maat weighs souls against a feather, to assess who has lived a worthy ...

With Jesus suffering by association with Russell Brand, it’s with some relief that some new gods are “in town” to put the cred back into sacred. Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India ...