These two ancient Egyptian zodiac signs were uncovered in the Temple of Esna, Egypt. On the left is a Sagittarius, and on the right is a Scorpio.Ahmed Emam, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Ancient ...
Carved into rock near the village of El-Khawy in southern Egypt, a massive line of ancient hieroglyphs has just been brought to light by archaeologists. They are the oldest large-scale line of ancient ...
Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...
Many pet owners may treat their cats as royalty, but the ancient Egyptians went one step further: They looked to felines as symbols of divinity. To honor this history, the Shanghai Museum in China has ...