In ancient Egypt, the practice of mummifying animals became widespread in the first millenium B.C. Until the advent of Christianity, visitors to temples could buy animal mummy bundles as offerings ...
Still others wore plaid reminiscent of the Celts—perhaps most notably one of the mummies known as Chärchän Man, who stood ...
For Jaime Maussan, a Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast, they are one of the most important discoveries in the ...
The sarcophagus was opened before the international media and was one of two coffins found in the incredible discovery five years ago ...
For decades, 30 boxes lay forgotten in the storage vaults of the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptology department. The contents had not been catalogued, or even seen, since the 1930s and 40s, when they ...
DR Campbell Price can recount many a happy childhood afternoon spent at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. He would skip through the doors with his grandparents and make a beeline for ...
These days we’re used to seeing pandas mindlessly munching bamboo and ambling clumsily through life. But a new discovery is now shedding light on the ancient role of these beloved bears in ...
Peru has launched a criminal investigation to determine how a pair of supposed “alien corpses” were taken out of the country ...
Researchers have re-created a scent used in the mummification of an elite Egyptian woman around 1450 B.C., dubbing it the “scent of the eternity.” ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Looking to breathe new life into the corner of E. 13th and Euclid, Playhouse Square is turning to the dead ...
British and African archaeologists have discovered evidence of the world’s oldest human-built structure, built by an extinct ...
University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies A team from Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester features on tonight’s BBC Horizon programme ...
