The first reason is that the fundamental purpose of the redemption of this nation of slaves was Kiddush Hashem - ...

Make like a castaway in Panama, set sail from Chile’s hotel at the end of the world, dine at a 1km-long Finnish table — your ...

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

In 2009, archaeologists discovered a Coptic monastery in Abydos founded in the fifth century a.d. Embedded in its floor was a large fragment of an inscription that was more than 1,500 years older. The ...

Quartzite tablet (left) with Hatshepsut cartouche; temple blocks (center and right) with bas-reliefs Extensive remnants of one of the temples commissioned by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (reigned ca.

More than 3,000 years ago, an earthquake toppled two monumental statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. Now, after decades of restoration work, the artworks, called the Colossi of ...

Before Ra ruled the skies or Osiris judged the dead, there was Ptah—the god who imagined the universe into existence. Discover how this silent creator shaped gods, men, and the cosmos itself. Hundreds ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a remarkable twist of science, researchers have transformed a fungus long associated with death into a potential weapon against cancer. Found in tombs like that of King Tut, Aspergillus flavus was ...

Some historians suggest the biblical Moses and the revolutionary Pharaoh Akhenaten may have been the same man. Could this bold theory rewrite history? Ohio police search for suspect after dentist, ...

Cheektowaga strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr., who is the nephew of the man prosecutors claim runs the Buffalo Mafia, on Monday became the second person accused of bribing a Buffalo Drug ...