It really has a timeless appeal, especially for kids — mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphs, curses, strange animal-headed gods — there's so much to explore.

Explore how ancient Egypt shaped the culture of Pompeii, from villas adorned with shrines to Anubis and Osiris, to the grand Temple of Isis where Nile water was used in sacred rituals. Blending Greek, ...

A mysterious burial from ancient Egypt contains gold jewelry, including three rings — one featuring the Bes, the god of fun — and a necklace.

She was the wife of a god and the daughter of a god, and therefore the clear choice for king. But Thutmoses II had a son by one of his many mistresses, an infant boy also named Thutmoses.

A talisman depicting the dwarf god Bes was likely meant to protect children and pregnant moms from evil forces in ancient Egypt.

Derived from the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Donald Redford's The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion offers more than 90 articles explaining various features of ancient ...

Nick West, Gods on small things: Egyptian monumental iconography on late antique magical gems and the Greek and Demotic magical papyri, Pallas, No. 86, The Gods of Small Things (2011), pp. 135-166 ...