The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine protection. The symbol is linked to Horus, a deity. Myth says his eye ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

II. IT has often been maintained that the Aton-cult instituted by Ōkhnatōn (Amenōphis IV.) displays non-Egyptian features and is in a large measure the product of foreign influences. I hope ...

Research has shown that the statues were originally located in a room next to the step pyramid of Djoser, but in later periods of the history of Ancient Egypt they were moved to the tomb of ...

The Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was the first to use the word hysteria, which derives from the Greek word hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that affected only women. The Father of Medicine ...

A worker arranges salted fish at a factory in Port Said, Egypt, on April 19 ... Sham El-Nessim traces its origins to Shemu, an ancient Egyptian harvest festival celebrating the life-giving ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser ... the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper ...

Though lesser-known beyond Egypt's borders, this 5,000-year-old ... Sham El-Nessim traces its origins to Shemu, an ancient Egyptian harvest festival celebrating the life-giving Nile flood and ...

El-Enany called this find “wonderful promotion for Egypt.” To his point, this archaeological find is more than a mere unearthing of ancient relics — it provides insight into the religious, cultural, ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...