Fields of Aaru, an Ancient-Egyptian-Afterlife-Set Cozy Life Sim, Announced for PC

Egyptian-inspired, afterlife-set cozy life sim where you'll manage life along the Nile, interact with Egyptian gods, mold the land to your preferences, farm and fish, help the people in town, and more ...

Shuffle like an Egyptian: Columbia tattoo artist releasing tarot-esque deck full of myth, mysticism

The 40-card oracle deck was born out of the relationship the illustrator and writer formed while on a trip to Egypt. We took it for a spin.
Curtis Ryan Woodside on MSN

The God's decree: How a "staged" prophecy put a woman on the throne of Egypt

In a world where only men could be Kings, Hatshepsut needed more than just royal blood—she needed a miracle. Enter the Red Chapel at Karnak, a masterpiece of political propaganda. Inside, elaborate ...
The Falcons Wire

What's that red-eyed, long-legged bird? An ancient Egyptian would know

Noisy, aggressive and invasive, these big birds may not actually be geese, but they sure act like it. What you should know ...

From the Nile to the neighborhood: Exotic waterfowl now at home here

Noisy, aggressive and invasive, these big birds may not actually be geese, but they sure act like it. What you should know ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Egyptians Used an Ancient Version of Wite-Out to Correct Their Mistakes on This Papyrus Scroll 3,300 Years Ago

An ancient artist applied a white substance to an illustration of a jackal, slimming down its appearance, according to ...
Artnet News

3,300-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals How Ancient Egyptians Fixed Drawing Mistakes

A white-out fluid, found on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make a jackal appear skinnier, Egyptologists have found.
Ancient Origins

The Amarna Anomaly: Did Akhenaten’s DNA Carry the Signature of the Gods?

• The KV55 Controversy: DNA analysis from 2010 identified the desecrated mummy in Tomb KV55 as the likely father of Tutankhamun and the heretic king Akhenaten himself, but the lack of severe physical ...
Jewish Journal

The Snake, the Shepherd’s Crook, and the Eye of the Sun: Uncovering the Haggadah’s Hidden Meaning

As Bar Ilan University professor Joshua Berman engagingly and convincingly demonstrates in his “Echoes of Egypt” Haggadah, the process by which the Passover story took shape was as a polemic against ...
Polygon

10 years ago, literally everyone hated Gods of Egypt, from critics to viewers to Egyptologists

A year later, with Egyptians living under Set’s oppressive rule, a thief named Bek (Brenton Thwaites) and his girlfriend Zaya (Courtney Eaton) steal one of Horus’ eyes from Set’s vault, but Zaya is ...
Greek Reporter

Genii: The Minoan Creatures Inspired by Egyptian Gods

Genii of the Minoan civilization were mythological creatures inspired by Egyptian deities such as Taweret. Credit: Hubert Mara Wikimedia Commons CC BY -SA 4.0 Minoan Genii are mythological creatures ...
National Catholic Register

10th Plague of Egypt: ‘There Was Not a House Without the Dead’

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus’ most devastating plague exposes the price of resistance to God — and why the loss of the firstborn struck at the very heart of Egypt. Charles Sprague Pearce, “Lamentations ...