Minoan Genii are mythological creatures influenced by Egyptian deities, showing how Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations ...

Fifteen years ago, Egyptians from all walks of life took to the street to demand “bread, freedom, social justice.” They were protesting the oppressive 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Egypt had been ...

Archaeologist says love of jewellery is common to both cultures; unlike ancient Egyptian texts, Mohenjo Daro's scripts are ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Explore the eerie and fascinating world of Roman Egyptian magic, where magicians summoned demons for protection, mischief, or practical help. From simple invocations to elaborate rituals involving ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman texts describe detailed spells meant to make a person invisible. These rituals involved ...

Archaeologists came across an astonishing yet perplexing discovery while excavating the site of the historic tomb area in the region called Saqqara, which is situated 25 kilometers south of the ...

Let's take a look at some Egyptian hair oils for hair growth.

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during ancient Egyptian mummification processes. This advance, utilising improved tools to study volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ...

ALBAWABA - Have you ever wondered whether, in ancient times, people wore perfumes or applied scents to their bodies as we do nowadays? The answer is yes ...