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A common misconception about ancient Egypt is that every single Pharaoh was buried in a pyramid. Credits ... who introduced monotheism in ancient Egypt, worshipping the sun god, Aten. Some believe she ...

Perga’s was once a key sculpture-producing location for the entire ... sitting atop a base depicting Eros (the Greek god of love and desire) seated on a dolphin. Experts believe the statue ...

The $100,000 Pyramid is gearing up for its Season 8 return on March 9th, and we have an exclusive first look at the fun ahead with host Michael Strahan and various celebrity competitors. For those ...

The sculpture, which exists in several copies, depicts an elderly woman dragging an ageing man away, while a young woman on her knees implores him. Art historians have seen in "The Implorer" a ...

The approach can take on a religious hue, with Trump not averse to presenting himself as a providential emissary from God. Newly confirmed health minister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. compared the ...

Otherwise known as the Step Pyramid ... Sun by the Aztecs, who visited the city hundreds of years after it had been abandoned. Although it is the third-largest pyramid in the world, it is still only ...

The list, created as early as the fifth century BC, included the likes of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in ancient Iraq, the domineering bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios known ... is the ...

The sun rises in the east and sets in ... NARRATOR: Each jar is topped with a different symbolic sculpture. The heads represent the four sons of the god Horus. Each was responsible for protecting ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Mark Lundeen touches the tie on a sculpture of ...