This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed ... two men and three children, suggesting that it was a family tomb used for generations during the 12th ...

One afternoon, Jack and Mary, who are siblings, were on their way home on Nathan Road. Suddenly, Jack kicked something, and ...

“The museum is not only a place to display antiquities, but it also aims to attract children to learn about ancient Egyptian history ... The museum is a gift to all the world,” Zidan told the AP.

A 1,700-year-old school with walls covered in Greek text referring to a passage from Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ is located in the ...

“The museum is not only a place to display antiquities, but it also aims to attract children to learn about ancient Egyptian history … The museum is a gift to all the world,” Zidan told the AP.

Despite making the first nude self-portrait done by a woman, this is the first major U.S. museum retrospective of Paula Modersohn-Becker.

N o other 19 th century author is as omnipresent in today’s pop culture as Edgar Allan Poe. He has “guest-starred” on the animated series South Park and The Simpsons and bee ...

Known in full as All Hallows’ Evening, or Halloween, this festivity intertwines ancient Celtic roots with Christian ...

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in the 18th century before its revival as a spiritual tool in the 1970s.