The country’s modern culture is permeated with traditions that date back thousands of years. This blend of ancient and contemporary is evident in everything from music, art, and architecture to ...

This was not uncommon in Egyptian literature, especially during the Middle Kingdom. Other popular themes were mythical and supernatural topics, as exemplified in the story of The Shipwrecked Sailor .

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets ... its mythological origins to represent broader themes of Egyptian life. Wilson describes how its association with ...

Ancient Egyptian mythology held that Abydos served as the burial place for Osiris, god of the underworld. Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling ...

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white ...