Egyptian mythology has a lot of gods. Some of them have loomed large in pop culture and the public imagination: Ra, Apophis, Anubis, Isis, Bast, Osiris, etc. Some are far more obscure. But that in ...

The ancient Egyptians worshipped many thousands of gods and deities who ruled over all aspects of their lives. Learn about the Egyptian gods in this year 3/4 Bitesize History guide.

“Gods of Egypt” may do better overseas, where audiences could be dazzled by its clashes between deities. It opens in 68 foreign markets this weekend, including Russia, South Korea and Brazil.

Gods of Egypt, directed by Alex Proyas (I, Robot, The Crow), takes every opportunity to prove that, yes, a CGI-laden 3D action movie set in one of mythology's flashiest, most decadent locales can ...

Ancient Egyptian art is filled with images of reverent revelers with pointy cones on their heads. Men and women are shown with head cones in artistic depictions on everything from papyrus scrolls ...

The official trailer for Gods of Egypt has arrived, giving us a first glimpse at the absolutely ridiculous CGI-filled film starring Gerard Butler and Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

At a certain point in “Gods of Egypt,” an extravagantly silly foray into Afroasiatic mythology from the director Alex Proyas, one wounded deity begs another to show him mercy — a futile ...

With many local and national gods, Egyptian religion was a natural response to the mysteries of the universe and reflected the worries of everyday life in the Ancient World. Over the last thousand ...

During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal mummies to petition the gods, inspiring the rise of a massive religious industry A shrew mummy (top), found at an animal ...