After investigating thousands of wrist bones, scientists suspect the last common ancestor species of humans and chimpanzees ...

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife. By Franz Lidz Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable ...

Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside the body, but inside the mummy's abdomen. But the ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a scarab amulet inside a tomb in the Necropolis of El Toro in Spain. It’s not clear how the scarab got there, but an ancient trade route may have played a role. The ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Noticing the history and beauty around us can shift how we see ourselves—and our communities. An awe walk through Harlem reveals how the stories ...

We are the city. We are the hustle and bustle and those endless walks amidst ancient buildings, leaning on trees that watched our grandparents grow. We are the streets that twist and turn, widen and ...

The mummy, believed to date back to the Ptolemaic period (around 332–30 BCE), was not newly excavated, but rather rediscovered through modern science. It has been housed at the Archdiocesan Museum in ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 2,000 people signed up to walk 13-plus miles over eight hours and try pastries from six bakeries — 100 ...

I discovered Nemat’s Egyptian Musk perfume oil a few years ago during an aimless wander through Ulta Beauty while on vacation. I’m not exactly a strategic packer—I’m far more likely to forget the ...

Zymartu Games has announced Fields of Aaru, an ancient-Egyptian-inspired, afterlife-set cozy life sim where you'll manage life along the Nile, interact with Egyptian gods, mold the land to your ...