Magic was a part of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that dark powers were everywhere and that they ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

How Life's Building Blocks Took ... the origin of the Indo-European language family? Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from ...

But when he finally sits down to eat his porridge from a metal bowl, he complains that it’s hard to get enough meat for his family ... can about an ancient diet and way of life before they ...

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince ... The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at the southern Egyptian’s ...

Today we have an account of the first family. And boy, what a family it was. A man had two sons. Cain, the first born, is ...