A fresco from Herculaneum shows prayers to Isis in a temple of the cult, while a priest dressed as the Egyptian god Bes performs a ritual dance. What seem to be two ibises — sacred Egyptian birds — ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Step into the intriguing world of ancient Roman rituals as archaeologists and biologists unveil astonishing evidence of bird sacrifices at the Temple of Isis in Pompeii. This remarkable find sheds ...

ISIS destroying the ancient Assyrian archeological site of Nimrud (screenshot by the author for Hyperallergic) Last week’s stunning video of the destruction of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by ...

The ancient city of Dura-Europos, located along the Euphrates River in Syria, has been largely destroyed by the Islamic State looters, marking a major loss for the archaeological community. But, new ...

A video released on Thursday by ISIS shows members of the terrorist organization destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts at the Mosul Museum and the nearby Nineveh archaeological site. “The prophet ...

(DAMASCUS, Syria) — To those who knew him, Khaled al-Asaad was as much a part of the city of Palmyra as the ancient antiquities he died seeking to protect. “The way he’d tell you the stories about ...

An archaeologist and a biologist have found evidence of birds being sacrificed to the goddess Isis in the excavated ruins of the Temple of Isis in Pompeii. In their study, reported in the ...

A new study reveals that “forgotten” ruins in Iraq are a “near mirror image” to ruins destroyed by ISIS. Photo from Shotbysahnicc, UnSplash The ancient city of Dura-Europos, located along the ...