Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...

An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from ...

The mummies of Vác remain relatively unknown even though there are hundreds of them in the crypt of the town's Roman Catholic ...

Learn how the examination of Austrian mummy remains reveals details of his life, but leaves a few mysteries behind.

Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village and found a mix of unusual materials has been used to ...

An incredible example of this is the little-known case of a mummy located in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein, in ...

The Guanche people of the Canary Islands typically mummified all deceased members of their community until the arrival of ...

Peruvian remains of a ruler were unearthed at a former dump. The clothing and objects buried with the woman indicate high ...

Discover ancient diets for glowing skin, from Egyptian almonds to Aztec chia seeds. Beauty secrets that outperform today's ...

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought h ...