John Beyer explores the Egyptian temple museum at The Commons in Chino Hills for his latest Beyer's Byways. Having yet to travel to Egypt, I have always wanted to enter the Pharaohs' lands. To saunter ...

Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...

For nearly 50 years, the Temple of Dendur, an ancient Egyptian monument, has famously made its home at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The temple is also an inspiration for musicians and ...

Museo Egizio, in the center of the historic Italian city of Turin, is the world’s oldest museum dedicated entirely to ancient Egyptian history. The museum is celebrating its 200th birthday this year, ...

Pyramids, ancient tombs painted with intricate motifs, and temples whose walls and columns are covered in hieroglyphics—it’s no wonder Egypt has fascinated writers, artists, filmmakers, and architects ...

Are the cliffs of Athribis hiding a former sanctuary? In the small Egyptian village near Sohag, about 200 kilometers north of Luxor, researchers from the University of Tübingen, supported by the ...

With its Moorish- and Egyptian-inspired architecture, statuary and fountains, Rosicrucian Park has the feel of a magical secret garden. Although the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum attracts thousands of ...

When Isis first arrived on Greek shores in the 3rd century BCE, her new followers had to build sanctuaries appropriate to an Egyptian goddess. In the process of imagining a place for their Greek Isis ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Built in 1921 -- The Temple Downtown has been a mysterious fixture in the Port City for more than 100 years. It served as the Grand Lodge for the Scottish Rite. Architect George ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced Wednesday that archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Greco-Roman temple in Egypt's Western Desert. Found at the Al-Salam site, which is roughly ...