Enjoy magical music mixes, special guest takeovers, and engaging story-telling this Christmas on BBC Radio and BBC Sounds ...

What did the ancient Egyptians truly believe awaited them after death? Journey into the sacred rituals of the 19th Dynasty, ...

Crack open the Book of the Dead and take your seasickness tablets before the ferryman's journey, it's time to sing along to the Pharaoh's Paradise song! 🎵 ...

Ancient Greek oracles, omens, and sacred calendars shaped decisions from war to marriage and everything in between through ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility. THE PERFECT AMOUNTEgyptians needed the ...

Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study. Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming ...

What do you know about Ancient Egypt, Pandas? I'll be honest – my personal knowledge pretty much begins and ends with the 1999 classic "The Mummy." And it's a shame, since the film is not historically ...

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

History Hit's Tristan Hughes travels to Egypt to explore its extraordinary links to one of the most famous names from ...

If you like to be beside the seaside, then this is the song for you! Grab your bucket and spade and head to the beach with the Horrible Histories gang. Join Queen Victoria as she tells you all about ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...