Pots of water, into which grains were poured and then left in the heat produced a beverage worth taking note of — beer.

Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained ...

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt and uncover the captivating story of Osiris, the god-king destined to die not once, but twice! We'll piece together the scattered fragments of his life (literally ...

Gambling has been with us since time immemorial, though the way we approach and regard gambling couldn't be more different today from what it was in the ancient world. The ancient Egyptians are among ...

A glimpse into the African titan’s past as well as the DNA double-helix to the country it became, a voyage down this storied ...

Beneath an ancient Egyptian temple, archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious tunnel that could hold the key to one of ...

The famous goddess of fertility in Egyptian mythology, she was granddaughter of Ra, wife of Osiris, and mother of Horus.

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered an ancient Pharaonic wall, bronze workshops, and child coffins in Luxor, Egypt.

Age Of Mythology is a strategy game that transports players to a time when heroes battled with monsters of legend and gods intervened in the affairs of mortal men.

Age Of Mythology is a strategy game that transports players to a time when heroes battled with monsters of legend and gods intervened in the affairs of mortal men.

But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

Ra is the supreme ruler of the sun and Egypt’s creator god. He should be portrayed as a paranoid tyrant rather than a benevolent deity. He views himself as the sole force preventing the universe ...