Conversely, the giant serpent Apep represented chaos and disorder. According to Egyptian cosmology, Apep tried to devour the sun god Ra every night as he journeyed through the underworld.

It slithers to pole position in the Chinese zodiac in 2025. Famous snake babies include Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling. The reptile is revered or feared across global cultures.

Africans generally believe in a continuity of existence and the afterlife was part of the African cosmology ... also came horses and donkeys from Egypt as beasts of burden. Their presence ...

Hussaini, also known as the Aga Khan, died on Tuesday, February 4, aged 88. A colossally wealthy philanthropist, he was also ...

Another Sun Ra band member, Knoel Scott, likened the musician to the pyramids and the whole cosmology of ancient Egypt. “The more I study the cosmology of ancient Egypt the more I understand Sun Ra,” ...

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

Over the past decade, cosmology has been embroiled in a growing crisis. Fuelling it are observations, first made by the Hubble Space Telescope and later by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes against the proposal, warning it would put its peace deal with Israel at risk, officials said. The Trump administration has already tried to ...

Unlike Western astrology with its zodiac signs and planets, Africa's traditional systems are intricately woven into the ...

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to ...