Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, famously sported a feline face. Even today, one of the oldest domesticated cat breeds in the world, the Egyptian Mau, traces its origins ...

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more sophisticated ones.

During the Ptolemaic period, Bastet was associated with the Greek goddess Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and the moon. Geb was the Egyptian god of the earth. He, along with his sister Nut ...

Cats certainly traveled long distances: DNA from Egyptian cats has been found as far as a Viking ... Egyptians treasured cats' protectiveness and independence and saw the traits of their gods in cats.

Ptolemaic Egyptian constellations at Dendera ... they can be impulsive and struggle with making long-term commitments. Bastet, the goddess of home and protection, aligns with Cancer’s nurturing and ...

The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty ... city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god of the underworld — and the preferred resting place for ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God. Drawing upon the fine-tuning argument, he suggests that the universe's ...

CAIRO — Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic ...