She was renowned for her beauty and made famous by her bust ... became one of the most important symbols in Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra wasn't actually Egyptian. She was a member of the Greek ...

In the crypts of the Dendera Temple, tourists and researchers examine the famous hieroglyphs that some claim depict ancient electric lightbulbs. But a deeper look reveals the symbols may represent ...

Few cultures have left behind as many fascinating treasures and monuments as Ancient ... Egyptian treasures for posterity. One glittering example is this breastplate (or fitting for a belt, perhaps), ...

This particular scarab was discovered at the foot of Tel Azekah, a site famous for ... not only as symbols of devotion but also as markers of social position. As ancient Egyptian culture spread ...

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past ... time of the fourth Egyptian dynasty, the well-known sun god Ra became the primary symbol of the Egyptian ...

As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE.

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...