The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum has been called "the largest cultural building of the 21st century" by Egyptian authorities ...

From gilded palace gates and formidable city entrances to pretty portals into sacred places, we take a look at the most ...

Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for its lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays.The GEM will be the statue's final ...

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of ...

On the Nile's edge, giant columns and obelisks rise from the sand. These are the ruins of ancient Egyptian temples. Once, their halls were painted in color, with floods of the Nile giving lotus and ...

The Haizhou Guandi Temple, initially built during the Sui Dynasty (581-618), is the earliest, largest, highest-grade, and ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years shook the Greek island of Thera—today known as Santorini. The ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the Nile, this enormous temple complex was once considered to be the spiritual ...

Tucked away in the warehouses surrounding Wilmington Airport, a newly renovated temple served as a beacon to Delaware's growing Indian population celebrating Diwali. Diwali is the festival of lights ...

An American archaeological mission has made a jaw-dropping discovery in the area of the Temple of King Ramesses II in Abydos, Egypt. The team unearthed over 2,000 mummified and decomposed ram heads ...