The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, called a ... told myths about Egyptian rituals. Ancient Egyptian ...

Osiris was the Egyptian god of the dead. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Ancient Egyptian mythology and its afterlife have been the subject and inspiration for many novels and Hollywood ...

A mysterious inscription on an ancient monument dedicated to a "mother goddess" has been deciphered thanks to a researcher's "fortuitous" discovery. The inscription is on the Arslan Kaya ("Lion ...

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Archaeologists recently uncovered an impressive Egyptian temple dedicated to a ... walls and engravings of Min and Repyt, a lion goddess who was one of his wives. Archaeologists also uncovered ...

Catherine Blakeney, chief American archeologist with the mission, said they found two copper mirrors, one with a lotus-shaped handle, and the second with a unique design of Hathor, goddess of the sky, ...

Egyptian rituals have long captivated the imaginations of scholars ... a site apparently frequented by individuals hoping to confirm a successful pregnancy – a perilous phase in the ancient world.

On Oct. 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced on Facebook that the tomb of the daughter of the ancient governor of the Assiut Region had been discovered in a cemetery on ...

Researchers discovered the burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian priestess Idy ... Idy was a priestess of the goddess Hathor and held the honorific title of "Lady of the House," which indicates ...

The ancient tomb was found buried in a cemetery in Assiut, Egypt around 240 miles south of Cairo Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...