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

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

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 apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely ...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 ...

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

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