Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria's eastern harbor, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a ...

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The Temple of Khnum at Esna, about 37 miles south of Luxor, is a late Ptolemaic- and Roman-era site that once stood as one of Upper Egypt’s major cult centers. In 2018, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

While the city of Pompeii was buried with its Egyptian-inspired art and faith, the very same gods found a safe haven in the most powerful Christian institution on Earth—the Vatican. Explore the ...

If you’ve ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian culture. Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ...

“Divine Egypt,” a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is now open, offering a comprehensive look at Ancient Egypt’s principal deities. The exhibition delves into how these ...

A relief of Maat is displayed in the Divine Egypt exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NEW YORK — The powerful gods of ancient ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the ...