The temple is considered the center of mythological stories where Isis resurrects Osiris and gives birth to Horus.

The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies is pleased to share the news that assistant professor Sabrina Higgins and associate professor Nicholas Hedley have recently been awarded a Social Sciences and ...

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 ...

Once, Egypt's mighty temple complex of Abu Simbel on the Sudanese border was a potent symbol of a pharaoh's dominance. Then, for centuries it was forgotten, lost to the desert sands. Re-discovered ...

To researchers' surprise, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has ice that's fluffier than freshly fallen snow.

Here's Rosetta's lander Philae historically touching down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko pictured step-by-step.

ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.

Talk about timing! Cameras aboard the European Space Agency’s Rosetta orbiter have spotted the elusive Philae lander tucked into a dark crack on the jagged surface of Comet 67-P/Churyumov ...

“ [T]he location of Philae is not required to be able to operate it, and neither does it need to be awake for us to find it.” This leads us to the truly iimportant question: will Philae wake up?

ESA scientists believe that Rosetta's Philae lander will have enough light to wake up in May or June -- just in time to witness a comet's solar approach.