In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

A scan revealed that an Egyptian crocodile mummy preserves a fish caught on a bronze hook after more than 2,000 years.

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...

Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. Why no one in corporate America ...

A mummy long believed to belong to a male priest was revealed through medical imaging to be a pregnant woman with a fetus still inside her womb. Discovered as part of the Warsaw Mummy Project, the ...

The story goes back to 2018, when Kim Kardashian wore a stunning gold gown to the Met Gala, years before she caused a stir by ...

Cheetahs once roamed across most of Africa and parts of Asia, but now live in just 9% of their previous range and haven't ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. Reading time 3 minutes From the moment astronomers discovered ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have used the substance. The findings mean opium use ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

It’s 11am in the Valley of the Kings by the time I emerge, blinking into the sun, from the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun – and it’s not at all what I had been expecting. For one, I hadn’t ...