It seems like every other slot machine has an ancient Egypt theme, with pyramids, mythological characters or symbols. Ancient ...

Early cave paintings in Libya and Egyptian tomb art depict dogs strikingly similar ... It is widely believed that this breed inspired the image of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the underworld.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...

Major League Baseball has lifted the lifetime bans on 17 former players, including Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into Mesopotamian art.

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King ...

Musician Chip Davis transformed a warehouse into an Egyptian tomb as he created a scene from an image in his mind that would accompany his latest song in 1999, "The Heart and the Feather.

Specialists' verdict: The animal was a golden jackal. This species of canid is smaller than a wolf but larger than a fox, with rounded ears, a pointed snout and a short tail. On April 3 ...