We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

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The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, technology, and everyday life are things we will never experience, but want to know ...

As we walked into the venue of Professor Abimbola Adunni Adelakun’s mother’s 25th memorial in Ibadan, Oyo State, last ...

Our dead merely move to another realm as ancestral spirits, thus showing the connect we carve between the living and the dead, the visible and invisible worlds. But curiosity about what happens upon ...

Since the '80s, Grant Morrison has been writing some of the best comics at DC, Marvel, and even in the indie space. Known for ...

The lesson here is uncomfortable: mythology and history aren’t complete opposites. They’re points on a spectrum. Some myths have kernels of historical truth. Some historical narratives get warped and ...

Something unusual happens during the winter solstice, the day when Earth's tilt creates the shortest stretch of daylight. Several ancient sites react to that moment with surprising accuracy, as if ...

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical observation.