A study of ancient Egyptian mummies has shown that schistosomiasis and malaria hounded the pharaohs. The Nile likely dictated which diseases were most common in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Thirty-one ...
Edu Survivencia was exploring caves in Monterrey, Mexico, in a protected area called Cerro de las Mitras, when he discovered ...
Egypt's past proves its ancestry has constructed some of the most wondrous feats in any century; delve deeper with some of its latest and most significant discoveries. Amazing finds, such as ...
Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window ...
This week, encounter the largest marine reptile ever to roam the seas, see a rainbow-like phenomenon on another planet, ...
A Peruvian cave packed with hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts has some believing in aliens, spurring grave robbers to steal the mummies and other historical items to sell on the black market.
A new study suggests that the first animal that glowed in the dark was a coral that lived deep in the ocean about half a ...
Scientists have discovered an ancient amphibian ancestor that lived 270 million years ago and named it in honour of the iconic Muppet character Kermit the Frog. The skull, described in a new study ...
Ancient humans had clogged arteries thousands of years before smoking, cinnamon buns, caramel macchiatos, and couch potatoes were in style. 1,2 Take for instance Ötzi the Iceman, who died over 5000 ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great discoveries, and serves as a ...
Researchers have found microbes thriving 13 feet beneath the scorched surface of Chile's Atacama Desert, marking the deepest ...