Prehistoric cave paintings from Europe and Australia and Egyptian mummies with preserved hair suggest that long hair was a universal feature across different populations of humans.3,4 Tightly curled ...

Unrecorded artist’s female figurine with hair in the “Hathor ... Greco-Roman contexts, Ancient Egypt had long practiced religious tattooing. Both the known mummy tattoos and heavily tattooed ...

Hermione was a teacher in her 20s who died in Egypt in the early 1st century CE. Hermione's ancient portrait and skeleton both survived with her mummy ... of people's hair, skin and eyes.

Part of the burial grounds for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, Saqqara also yielded new burial shafts, coffins and mummies dating back to nearly 3,000 years ago. One of the most dazzling ...

These reports inspired a Hollywood film, The Mummy in 1932 ... Meanwhile women with daring bobbed hair gained confidence after discovering Ancient Egyptian women had a similar style.

One of the more interactive exhibits is the “Paranormal Investigation Station.” Here, visitors can use various ghost-hunting ...

Turns out, it’s right here in the heart of Texas, at Austin’s Museum of the Weird. This peculiar palace of oddities is like your eccentric uncle’s attic, if your uncle happened to be a globe-trotting ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

Discover how women are redefining beauty by embracing natural body hair. Explore shifting norms, cultural impact, and personal acceptance.

After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence ... at the Tennessee Division of Archaeology who specializes in ancient tattoos and was not involved in the study.