"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...

New research says that a rare solar eclipse in 2471 B.C. may have sparked ancient Egypt's surprising shift away from sun ...

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable ...

Egypt’s dizzyingly complex religious rites were based on a cycle of death and rebirth. Re, the sun god, it was believed, died each night only to be reborn each morning. When mortals died ...

Then, by the time of the fourth Egyptian dynasty, the well-known sun god Ra became the primary symbol ... were each built during the fourth dynasty of Egypt. The first of the trio was constructed ...

a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods: Osiris (the god of the underworld who was resurrected), Amun-Ra (the god of the sun), Isis (the goddess of healing and magic), Horus (a falcon ...

Wood is rare in Egypt, and the law restricts the use of ... allowing worshippers to see and feel the sun god overhead. Akhenaten’s successors dismantled his buildings. Nevertheless, Kemp can ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

As Eid al-Fitr approaches, the excitement across Egypt is palpable. With just days to go, families, businesses, and entire ...

An astronomical event may have marked the end of one of the most emblematic dynasties of ancient Egypt. A total solar eclipse ...

Some 100 major temples towered over the landscape of Roman Egypt, though today only six ... and Behedety, the falcon god of the midday sun. In the late third or early fourth century a.d., by ...