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

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

It has been known for a long time that ancient Egyptians venerated the sun; for instance, the god who took the form of a falcon ... It looks slightly different than it did with the fourth dynasty, but ...

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable transformation in the country’s religious traditions. New findings suggest this ...

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient ... shift in Egyptian tradition that occurred in tandem with Shepsekaf's tenure: a shift away from solar worship.

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

Osiris was possibly the most popular and enduring of all the Egyptian gods – his worship lasted thousands of years. Illustration of Osiris and his sister and wife Isis, gods from ancient Egypt.

ancient Egyptian inscription What's in a name ... replacing it with a monotheistic cult worship of the sun-disc Aten. He built a new capital city, Akhetaten ("the Horizon of the Aten"), and ...