duncan1890 / Getty Images Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life. So much so, in fact, that there are said to be over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon.

The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve. Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a ...

Experts believe these ornate tongues were intended to allow the dead to speak with the god of the underworld, Osiris. Gold nails, however, are rarely found in Egyptian archaeological digs.

With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change.

Insider interviewed Egyptologist Anthony Browder to assess facts about ancient Egypt in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "The Mummy" (1999), "Moon Knight" (2022), "Gods of Egypt" (2016), "The Ten ...

One such figure is the Egyptian god Horus, often depicted with a falcon head. His birth story, involving a divine conception and a connection to the Winter Solstice, bears striking similarities to ...