Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one ... Yeh says this explains why even mummies from among the nobility were heavily burdened by disease. The young pharaoh Tutankhamun, for example ...
A towering stone fortress, that was once the site of ritualistic sacrifices, was discovered ... animal (and sometimes human) sacrifices. Sacrifice was a part of normal worship in the Ancient ...
Twenty-seven vertebrae fossils discovered near a coal mine in India ... “Vasuki was a majestic animal. It may well have been a gentle giant, resting its head on a high porch formed by coiling ...
Starting with the discovery of a city considered the largest ancient ... discovered in the mid-1990s near Bawit, south of Cairo, by a group of archaeologists. A preliminary dig produced 105 ...
Feb. 14, 2024 — Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and animal parts from ... 2024 — Researchers have discovered an ancient Roman ...
Scientists have discovered an ancient amphibian ancestor that lived ... doctoral student and lead author of the new study. “Because this animal is a distant relative of today’s amphibians ...
From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical inscriptions to lost desert cities and even the skeletons of huge sea dragons, we take ...
A newly discovered ant species detailed in a ZooKeys study shares several characteristics with a well-known Harry Potter villain, the source of its namesake. The Leptanilla voldemort ant was ...
Feb. 14, 2024 — Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and animal parts from species such as dogs, horses and pigs. The reasons remain ...