Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

With many local and national gods, Egyptian religion was a natural response to the mysteries of the universe and reflected the worries of everyday life in the Ancient World. Over the last thousand ...

Queen Tiye of Egypt is regarded as the figure who paved the way for the world's major religions and was venerated as a ...

Belief without a book -- Finding the sacred in space and time -- Creating sacred space and time: temple architecture and festival -- Chaos and life: forces of creation and destruction -- Being good: ...

Researchers have shed new light on "magical" texts created centuries ago in Egypt with the intention of bringing about changes in the lives of those who used them. For the past five years, two ...

Through the cloisters of Cairo’s Cathedral of St. Mark filed an excited swarm of sweating, portly pashas to elect a new patriarch, the 114th successor to St. Mark as Pope of Egyptian Christianity.

The requirement makes it difficult for religious minorities to get jobs, justice, and opportunities. Advocates are pushing for change. On a September afternoon in an Egyptian city, cars and donkey ...

Mid-20th century expulsion of Egyptian Jews ended millennia of history, culture; entailed losses exceeding $59 billion. During the festival of Passover, the story is told of the exodus of the ancient ...