The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve. Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a ...

Researchers have found evidence of a hallucinogenic ritual that may have helped ancient Egyptians reenact a mythical story in which a dwarf god tricks the sky goddess. In a paper published Nov. 13 ...

They mark the site of the ancient city Meroë ... was associated with the Egyptian creator god, Atum. Sandstone statue from Meroë, first century B.C. Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Photograph ...