Known as "Fred," this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists believed.

The research illuminates part of the Roman diet and challenges historical assumptions about thrush consumption.

Researchers recreated ancient Egyptian blue pigment and uncovered insights into its production, variability, and future tech ...

Mercury, the only metal that remains liquid at room temperature, has fascinated humans for millennia. From ancient Egypt to Mesoamerica and China, civilizations had access to this mesmerizing ...

Ancient Egyptians were not only masters of architecture – they also were the original wizards of synthetic chemistry. Around ...

The groundbreaking new study challenges assumptions about carbon cycles and raises new concerns about climate change.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely ...

Archaeologists are using artificial intelligence to investigate ancient artifacts and uncover the story of human culture.

Researchers at the Chega Sofla cemetery, which dates back to the fifth millennium B.C ., found the remains of a young woman, whose skull had cranial bandaging, which changes the morphology of the ...

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

The invention of the wheel is often hailed as one of the most transformative moments in human history. Yet, for all its ...

Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the ...