In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

Does the Biblical story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt appear in Greek mythology? This article examines some possibilities.

Rick Riordan's YA fantasy series The Kane Chronicles deserves its own TV series following the success of Percy Jackson & the ...

The father of archaeology has insisted the engineering precision of ancient Egypt's pyramids could not be explained by human ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...

New questions are being raised about the origins of the Bible’s most iconic stories. From Cain and Abel to the resurrection of Jesus, startling parallels can be found in ancient Egyptian mythology — ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

Psychonauts studio Double Fine has unveiled pottery themed party brawler Kiln, coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC this spring.

Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.

The ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians alike sometimes name their newborns after festivals or even the day they were born ...

The Exodus and the drowning of the Egyptians in the Red Sea were one and the same thing. One without the other is incomplete.