A mummy found in Mexico shows signs of a possible living mold. Officials warn that exposure could pose a risk to visitors and ...

Walters Art Museum will open a free exhibit in April on the work of Douriean Fletcher, the jewelry designer for the “Black ...

The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh ...

What do we know about the legendary Egyptian King Sesostris? Was he a real person? According to evidence, he was.

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...

A groundbreaking study has overturned long-held beliefs about the domestication of cats. New DNA evidence shows that domestic ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...