The oldest known grave in Africa is that of a three-year-old child who died about 78,000 years ago. The find…
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Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of…
Most people associate mummies with Egyptian culture and complex mummification methods designed to bridge the gap between life and death,…
The world’s oldest mummies have just had an unusual check-up. More than 7,000 years after they were embalmed by the…
Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the 3,500-year-old mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I. For the first time, a team in Egypt used CT…
Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,500-year-old crypt of a warrior who was buried with his wife and children in an ancient…
Archaeologists working with the HS2 project have discovered 425 bodies on the route of the new railway line – around…
An artificial intelligence tool has spotted changes in flints from a 1-million-year-old ancient human site called Evron Quarry in Israel.…
A team of archaeologists excavating in Aleria-Lamajone (Corsica), France has unearthed a magnificent Etruscan underground burial and an ancient Roman…
A rare child burial dating back 8,000 years on Alor Island, Indonesia has been discovered by ANU archeologists. The burial…
Since its discovery in the 1960s, the 13-millennium-old Jebel Sahaba cemetery (Nile Valley, Sudan) has been regarded as one of…
Cat, baby, and adult mummies in Aksaray, which took its place in history as Cappadocia’s gateway to the west on…