The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

Indian-origin Vandi Verma is at the helm of a groundbreaking NASA achievement: Mars rover Perseverance's first AI-planned drives. These December 2025 maneuvers along Jezero Crater's rim showcase ...

They're older than King Tut, Ötzi the Iceman, and even the ones found in the Atacama Desert. Across southeastern Asia, researchers have identified dozens of mummies that are between 4,000 and 11,00 ...

The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment.

Caves at Grimes Point, Nevada, near the discovery site of the Spirit Cave mummy (2010) (photo by psyberartist/Flickr) In a release, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell stated: Returning the ...

Prostate cancer found in a 2,250-year-old mummy was caused by genetics and not environment, according to researchers. The mummy at the National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon had a pattern of tumors ...