Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout the year. They believed the ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Pagan Saxons worshipped a spring goddess named Eostre. They baked bread during springtime festivals to celebrate new life and ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old royal tomb from an obscure line of pharohs whose very existence has been in ...

Another mysterious Egyptian mummy has kept its secrets for a long time, but now, technology is helping us take a look inside.

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb ... who is also curator of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian section. “We don’t think we have all of (the Abydos kings) names — evidence hasn’t survived ...

Sometimes when you’re naming a child (or crafting a character for a game or novel), an ordinary name just won’t do. You may want a name that hints at darkness and otherworldly mystery—that evokes ...

In historical records, Abydos was referred to as a sacred city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god ... ancient Egyptians. “The Egyptian kings liked to present their history as ...