In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of ...

Called simply “Mummies” and running in the museum’s top-floor temporary exhibition spaces until May next year, the exhibition ...

The Egyptians are most well known for their Pyramids, and their mummification process, but what about some of the crazy ...

Debra Oswald’s father taught her to be inquisitive about the world. As an adult she discovered that curiosity can help us endure whatever is happening ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

This ancient crocodile never finished its last meal. More than 2,000 years after it died, researchers can still make out a ...

For decades, a skeleton from a mysterious tomb has divided experts—is it the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten or someone else? Damaged by water and crushed by stone, the bones show signs of royal ...

Visitors question why the piece of citrus was kept in the first place, but the small town museum credits the region's weather ...

The continent has a vast history spanning thousands of years, and one place has fended off invaders for the most part.

Her body was a canvas. It told the story of her life. Her beliefs. Now, 2500 years later, this ancient ink is exposing a lost Iron Age culture.

New Year in Russia is not just a calendar date, but a complex, multifaceted cultural phenomenon. It incorporates the ...

What is baking soda? It is a white, crystalline powder that is used as a leavening agent in baking. It is a natural alkali that reacts with acidic ingredients to produce carbon dioxide. That is why ...