He may live an unassuming life in the declining Illinois town of Cairo, but Mr Ibis is actually one of the most important Ancient Egyptian gods of all time: Thoth. In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the ...

My problem came with a recent home improvement, with the pipe that drains the condensation from the air-conditioning system. The water drips down onto the patio, making a watery mess that made moss ...

Digs in Egypt's City of the Dead have unearthed a hoard of ancient artefacts, including amulets, canopic vases and 16 tombs containing approximately 20 coffins and sarcophagi between them. Amongst the ...

The gods of old Egypt rule over us here, Bringing us wisdom and wonder and fear. They look like the things that The natural world shapes, Like jackals and beetles and lions. And apes! Babi watched ...

MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found in ...

An ancient Egyptian bird mummy, long forgotten in storage and mislabeled as a hawk, is finally getting its due now that researchers have digitally peered inside its wrappings. The 1,500-year-old mummy ...