A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological ...

Ever wondered what "Rx" means? It isn’t shorthand for a secret medical formula or a pharmaceutical code. It’s actually much ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Easily recognizable as the elephantdeity riding a mouse Ganesha is arguably he most popular Hindu God and one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism The son of Shiva and Parv ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

The elephant and the horse played a major role in shaping Indian culture. The elephant is native to India; the horse is not.

The entrepreneur’s London penthouse is filled with bitcoin-inspired artworks, trippy sculptures and dinosaur skulls. Its an ...

Ancient Greek myths have continuously inspired both classical and modern writers, leading them to produce brilliant classic ...

Zeus, the king of the Olympian Gods, transformed into a white bull to abduct Europa, the princess who gave her name to the ...

Yves-Bernard Debie, a noted private collector of Roman and Egyptian antiquities and a partner in the Brussels-based law-firm ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study ...