Archaeologists have announced a discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.

The Persian shahenshah adopted this symbol around 500 BC. India’s Ashoka adopted only the lion as a royal symbol in 250 BC, ...

Were the Hittites of the Bible the same as those of the Hittite Empire? While this is a common assumption, what do the facts ...

A winged lion with a ram’s head (right ... hour and a half later than Orion.” In Egyptian mythology, Osiris was murdered by his brother Seth, the god of confusion and disorder.

Meryl Streep might voice Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia. Why upset the equilibrium by turning the famed lion into a lioness?

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

Despite initial language barriers and a lack of football knowledge, Ahmed Hassanein is close to becoming the first Egyptian ...

The domestic cat is one of the smallest members of the family Felidae — the group that includes lions, tigers, jaguars and cougars ... Cats certainly traveled long distances: DNA from Egyptian cats ...

Perhaps one of the most popular Egyptian gods, Anubis, is also known for funerary ... Bastet was often depicted as a woman with the head of a lion or a wild cat. In the first millennium BCE ...

If you’re a fan of learning something new every day, you are probably well familiar with the ‘Today I Learned’ community, or ...