A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European ...

Researchers in Poland have made quite the unique discovery, they have found the remains of the first embalmed pregnant ...

RICHMOND, IN — The five finalists for the name of Richmond's newest baseball team have been revealed. On July 7, Richmond ...

We explore new ways to tackle the problem of microplastic pollution in our oceans, before meeting an extraordinary man and ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification. Using special processes, the Egyptians removed all moisture from the body, leaving only a ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

The unearthing of an ancient Egyptian mummy has revealed a terrifying bubonic plague that wreaked havoc on humanity before the infamous Black Death swept across Europe. The earliest confirmed case ...