The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

A young girl found an ancient seal carved with a scarab beetle on a family outing to the Tel Azekah archaeological site, near ...

They’re typically shaped like dung beetles, which ancient Egyptians considered a sacred symbol of new life, per the IAA. These beetles create dung balls or dung pats, then lay their eggs inside or ...