RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The seventh annual Egyptian Festival brought traditional food, authentic souvenirs and more to the community in Richmond over the weekend. During the weekend of Saturday, Aug.

While the Egyptian god Thoth was often depicted as having a human body with the head of an ibis, there has been much speculation around why he is also portrayed with the head of a baboon. The ancient ...

The ancient Egyptian god of the moon had two very different faces: a crescent-beaked white bird and a silver-coated baboon. Now, researchers think they may have found the common thread connecting them ...

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New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity. A paper published in Time and Mind focuses on a god named Thoth—an ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

July 21 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a female hamadryas baboon named Makeda. The zoo said Makeda, who shares her royal name with the Queen of Sheba, was born to mother Anakin and ...

A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was identified as part of the ...

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday. The recent discoveries at the Dakhla Oasis and at the ...

Authentic Brands Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property of Care Bears, the cuddly residents of Care-a-Lot that became a merchandising and retail juggernaut and ...

Games Global is heading putting you in the tombs with Climb Time Mummy Cash Uncovered, a new Egyptian-themed slot created in partnership with High Limit Studio. Following on from Climb Time Joker Cash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists toiling on two separate sites in Egypt have stumbled on a pair of remarkable finds of historic proportions — ...