The Major Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Throughout the history of ancient Egypt, there have been around over a thousand gods and goddesses. All of these gods and goddesses were held to the highest ...

Does the Greek word for the pyramids have an ancient Egyptian origin? A theory that has some favor among linguists is that the Greek word for the pyramids ultimately comes from ancient Egyptian. One ...

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts ...

Brøns also referenced numerous ancient writers as evidence of the practice. For example, the Greek physician Dioscorides provided a recipe for myron rhodinon, which translates to "perfume made from ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.