Apollo Art Auctions is pleased to announce its Ancient Art & Antiquities February e-sale, a two-day online event featuring a ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on history ...

Magic was a part of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that dark powers were everywhere and that they ...

“I’m an Egyptologist and I was trained at Hopkins in their department of Near Eastern studies in Egyptian ... a part in the symbol’s translation, she is eager to see how ancient linguists ...

In her work, Niki Saint Phalle repeatedly referenced a personal and mythical bestiary that she brought to life in colorful ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

For over a century, experts - linguists, scientists and archaeologists - have tried to crack the Indus script. Theories have linked it to early Brahmi scripts, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages, ...

With their lace-like branches, twisted trunks or canopies lost in the clouds, these statuesque beings resemble ancient monuments. Some are even older than the Egyptian ... a symbol of the American ...

As was the case in many ancient cultures around the world, female deities ruled supreme, making the similarities between Egyptian mythology ... revere the cow as a symbol of nurturing.

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.