A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.

After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major ...

Peisistratus was an ancient Greek statesman who ruled Athens as a tyrant but laid the foundation for the city's later ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Thonis-Heracleion once thrived at the mouth of the Nile, a vibrant city pulsing with trade and ceremony long before ...

The Aten was the sun disk that Akhenaten demanded all of Egypt worship when he ascended the throne. Ushering in an era of ...

During the opening ceremony of the three-day celebration of the Egyptian capital’s place as a cultural crossroads, Ahmed Dallal, President of the AUC, emphasized that the institution has long been, ...

Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian polytheism to the worship of a single god: The Aten. Was this an early form of monotheism? Republicans suggest ...

A recent article published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology ... Under Akhenaten, the solar deity Aten was elevated above all others, including the principal state god Amun.