The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

In the centuries following the heyday of ancient Greece, the caduceus endured as a symbol of travel and commerce, two subjects under Hermes’s godly domain. The icon was worked into emblems of the ...

Prime god Ra died every night and was reborn every morning. The goddess Neith defied gender norms and stereotypes as a great warrior. These are just two of the fascinating stories from the pantheon of ...

A rare full set of ancient Egyptian astrological symbols has been uncovered under ... the Big Dipper to a bull's leg tied to a stake by a goddess in hippo form, per a press release.