The limestone relief, which dates to the 19th dynasty, circa 1250 B.C., is now in the Egyptian Museum. As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers, but there are exceptions.

In ancient Egypt, the goddess Hathor was not only known for her powers over love and fertility, but also for her close relationship with the sun god Ra. Considered to be Ra's "Eye" — and ...

Archaeologists recently made numerous "spectacular" discoveries at a long-forgotten temple to an Ancient Greek god, according to local officials. The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus shared a ...

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry, fueling the rise of complex life, a new study found. Calved icebergs from the Twin Glaciers are seen in 2013 off Greenland ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed new clues about Mars' volcanic past. While most people searching for signs of alien life these days might have their eyes on the exoplanet K2-18b, one team ...

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic from a Christian monastery in Israel, featuring 55 medallions with hunting scenes and mythological characters, was recently put on public display.

Instead, it was a reenactment of an ancient Egyptian battle organized by the 41 students in ARCH 1630: “Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare.” The reenactment was staged as part of the students ...

A joint archeological mission revealed the original colors of the Edfu Temple, as well as never-before-seen hieroglyphic inscriptions.

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, called a Bes mug, to identify its past contents.

Tohoku University. (2024, October 31). How life began on earth: modeling Earth's ancient atmosphere. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 10 ...

(CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of -world/scientists-reveal-new-details-about-screaming ...