Animals went bioluminescent 273 million years earlier than scientists previously thought and in a completely different species.
Ötzi's 61 markings were likely hand-poked with a sharp tool, such as a piece of animal bone or copper, a new study finds ...
Concerns that the mummies are forgeries made from ancient human and animal remains stolen from Peruvian historic ...
From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical inscriptions to lost desert cities and even the skeletons of huge sea dragons, we take ...
Edu Survivencia was exploring caves in Monterrey, Mexico, in a protected area called Cerro de las Mitras, when he discovered ...
A black-walled dining hall with 2,000-year-old paintings inspired by the Trojan War has been discovered during excavations at ...
Mongabay: Most aspiring archaeologists dream of working in ancient Rome ... Then I read one of their books on Peru, and I saw the mummies, the caves and desert sites. That is what first drew ...
The original dig took place to prevent looting and disturbance after the site was accidentally discovered, making it difficult to know if the animal was buried at the same time as the humans.
In between the two ancient thoroughfares, the archaeologists discovered a series of tombs, some with human remains and others with pottery and glass. Bowls, vases and lamps were found buried with ...
The study’s authors suggest this resemblance may have allowed the ancient artists ... However, no site has recorded manmade engravings discovered alongside fossilized prints, such as those ...
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.
The blockbuster exhibition will feature the actual sarcophagus of Ramses II—one of the most impressive royal coffins from ancient Egypt ever to be discovered ... archaeological finds like sarcophagi, ...