Egyptian mythology included hundreds of gods, but only a select few stood above the rest. Deities like Amun-Ra, Isis, Osiris, ...

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TRAVELBOOK author Frank Lehmann cycled through Egypt’s vibrant history to the Valley of the Kings–a tour between dust, ...

Framed through the increasingly popular lens of Greek vs. Norse vs. Egyptian Gods, this report provides an exhaustive, expert ...

And so, ships had cats, and so did traders’ caravans, and some of these felines stepped out nimbly at ports and settled on different continents. Domestic cats around the world today, in fact, can be ...

Ancient Egypt did not worship just one or two major gods. It built an entire pantheon of over 100 powerful deities, each ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...

Ancient pine trees growing in the Iberian mountains of eastern Spain have quietly recorded more than five centuries of Mediterranean weather. Now, by reading the annual growth rings preserved in their ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

No matter who you are, you have to have come from someone before you. All of us are the byproduct of our ancestors and bloodline, and every future generation will be the same. That’s true for just ...

Here's a look at one of the most famous families in American history Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us ...