Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Pétain, De Gaulle, Eisenhower… Many great military leaders, thanks to the popularity and prestige ...

Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size.

There are many more ancient wonders of Egypt than the Pyramids: bigger temples, royal tombs, and castles of the Middle Millennium. More out these true jewels.

An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...

A treasure, including gold jewelry and statues of deities from around 2,600 years ago, has been found at the Karnak temple ...

Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu may have been worn as amulets.

Amun was the Egyptian god of the sun and air, and was one of the most important gods in ancient Egypt. Mut was Amun’s wife, or great mother, and is often pictured with the head of a vulture ...

There were other pieces showing gods in animal forms as well as a metal brooch. Amun was the Egyptian god of the sun and air, and was one of the most important gods in ancient Egypt.