A quiet moment of survival — the sharp-eyed Eurasian Sparrowhawk bends low to sip from the riverbank. See how birds of prey ...

For many millenniums, great flocks of birds have soared over Egypt on their twice-yearly passage between Europe and central and southern Africa.

New facts about Ancient Egypt could be uncovered from mummified birds. Experts at the University of Leicester will use new techniques to learn how birds of prey were captured and then preserved ...

The find shows the importance of birds to worshippers of Isis, an Egyptian cult that had become established in Roman society by the first century A.D., according to a study published April 27 in ...

Ancient Egyptian Murals Show Lifelike Doves, Kingfishers, and Other Birds Archaeologists analyzed some gorgeously detailed paintings from an Amarna palace. By Isaac Schultz Published December 23 ...

In addition to the ba-birds, some of the gold foil figurines appear to depict the 'eye of Horus,' a falcon-headed god. Artifacts depicting his eyes were popular in ancient Egypt and were believed ...