Osiris: God of the underworld. Djed: An ancient Egyptian symbol meaning stability, which originated from the myth of Osiris. Atum: The creator god, and a central figure in the creation of the ...
The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...
What it tells us about the past: This marble statuette depicts a dwarf-dancer, which was a common motif in ancient Mediterranean ... may be related to the Egyptian god Bes who, according to ...
A team of archeologists in Egypt have discovered the 4,000-year-old tomb of a renowned royal doctor who was likely a venom expert. The remains were uncovered in Saqqara, the site of the ancient city ...
The ancient Egyptian pyramid of Giza’s latitude lines up exactly with the speed of light. Credit: Harish Chouhan WordPress. CC BY 1.0 Some mysteries are likely never to be solved, indeed some are not ...
Experts think the ancient Egyptians may have placed gold tongues on some human remains in the belief that they would enable the spirits of the deceased to communicate with Osiris—the god of the ...