In 1274 BC, two ancient superpowers unleashed their full might upon a single fortified city on the banks of the Orontes, setting in motion one of history's most dramatic military confrontations and, ...

King Tut’s treasures have found a new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum, and elsewhere, Ancient Egypt has been immortalized ...

In the 1890s, mummified remains were discovered of several ancient Egyptian princesses who’d been buried alongside weapons ...

For over a century, scientists have debated the purpose of weapons found in the burial chambers of ancient Egyptian royal women. Were these items merely ceremonial, or did the princesses actually ...

General & CEO, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) We carry within us the origin of everything. That is not rhetoric ...

Akasha mention a mysterious "Amel" in The Vampire Lestat. This character is extremely important to Anne Rice's vampiric mythology.

Anne Rice's regal Queen of the Damned made her Immortal Universe debut in the fifth episode of The Vampire Lestat, "New York," played by Olivier Award-winning stage and screen star Sheila Atim. And ...

The Queen of the Damned has arrived. After sporadic flashes teasing her introduction in earlier episodes, Sheila Atim tore through the scenery in her debut as Akasha, the mother of all vampires, in ...

A silver albumen print shows a gilded coffin belonging to a 17th Dynasty (ca. 1635–1550 b.c.) Egyptian queen named Ahhotep that was discovered in the necropolis at Dra Abu el-Naga in Thebes in 1859.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Egyptian archaeologists have unveiled a cache of ancient treasures, from a marble head of Aphrodite and Roman ...

Archaeologist Lisa Marie Wolff calls it “Egyptomania,” and for the third time in 18 years, it’s about to grip Victoria. A fascination with ­pyramids, pharaohs and mysterious ­mummies has been around ...