The vaunted return of the comic to Egyptian TV brought hope for beleaguered Arab audiences but it appeared that some topics ...

The rise of Political Islam in the wake of the 2011 Arab uprisings raised crucial questions about the Arab world’s experience of modernity over the past 200 years.

Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside ...

The mysterious youth of Jesus gets the horror movie treatment with the surprisingly creepy The Carpenter's Son, starring ...

Christianity is expanding on the African continent and wields great influence, but persecution and religious oppression remain critical issues. Senator Ted Cruz’s recent legislation shines a light on ...

Ramesses the Great ruled Egypt for more than six decades, turning his reign into one of the most legendary in ancient history. From the massive temples of Abu Simbel to the city of Pi-Ramesses, his ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Prophet Abraham, the Hebrew ( Genesis 14:13 ), was the first, and only prophet, to successfully establish, through the biological descendants of his two sons, Prophet Ishmael and Prophet Isaac, three ...

Amenhotep IV, also known as the Pharaoh Akhenaten, was destined to be remembered for his attempt at a religious conversion of ancient Egypt; one that saw the old gods put aside and replaced by a ...

A study of over 500 ancient Egyptian graves has revealed that the foundations of pharaonic religion emerged from grassroots burial practices in rural communities, challenging the long-held belief that ...

A Yankee in a convertible can enter the town of Egypt, Miss, lighting a cigarette, leave it exhaling his first drag, and never know that he has been anywhere at all. But Egypt is somewhere, all right; ...

Greek and Egyptian thought engaged in centuries of exchange, forging a shared legacy in philosophy, science, and religion. Credit-Einsamer-Schutze-CC-BY-SA-3.0 Wikimedia Commons From the early ...