The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh ...

The Eye of Horus, an omnipresent symbol in Ancient Egypt, is often associated with amulets and burials, carrying a spiritual and protective dimension. In Egyptian mythology, Horus, son of Osiris, lost ...

Soot and grime slowly accumulated on the ceiling of an ancient Egyptian temple. The once-vibrant and colorful decorations became increasingly obscured as centuries of apathy stretched into millennia ...

Controversy was sparked Friday when commentator Farida El-Shobashi was critical, in a television interview, of the late religious cleric Mohamed Metwalli El-Sharawi Egypt's parliament is to discuss a ...

Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...

Archaeologists restoring the 1,800-year-old Temple of Khnum in Esna uncovered zodiac symbols and constellations on the ceiling, photos show. Photo from Ahmed Amin via the University of Tübingen Soot ...