For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.

Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history. The asteroid, named ...

A large asteroid named after a god of chaos is on track for a historic close pass of Earth, according to NASA. The space agency says the "potentially hazardous asteroid" will come closer than many ...

Analysis of the site also shows that the structure had been continuously used from the 2nd century BCE to the 6th century CE, with only minor architectural modifications happening during that time. A ...

Restoration work at Karnak, an ancient temple complex near Luxor, Egypt, has revealed a sandstone monument featuring an intriguing image of the Roman emperor Tiberius, who ruled between 14 and 37 C.E.

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

A year later, with Egyptians living under Set’s oppressive rule, a thief named Bek (Brenton Thwaites) and his girlfriend Zaya (Courtney Eaton) steal one of Horus’ eyes from Set’s vault, but Zaya is ...

When I was seven years old, there was only one book release I cared about: Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris (2004). A scrapbook journal from a lost expedition, the bestselling children’s book ...

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility. THE PERFECT AMOUNTEgyptians needed the ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...