Ancient Egyptian skulls studied at the Duckworth Laboratory Collection at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have shown signs of varying lesions, some believed to be left by malignant tumors ...

ANALYSIS: The harmful and racist foundations of craniometry have now been discredited, reports Elise Smith, but it had ...

Ancient Egyptians were exceptionally skilled in medicine for their time. They could identify, describe, and treat a variety of diseases and traumatic injuries, build prosthetics, and even put in ...

The lines on the 3D computer-generated skull might appear to be the guidelines of a surgeon preparing to operate. Markers ...

Paleontologists uncovered the skull in 2020 in the Fayum Depression of Egypt’s Western Desert. - Courtesy Hesham Sallam “I think of them as like really beefy wolverines or basically like pitbulls.

From Homer to Pliny, some of the greatest classical writers may have been inspired - and fooled - by fossil discoveries.

Archaeologists have announced a rare and extraordinary discovery made in the Egyptian desert. Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex” predator.

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- For the better part of a century, visitors to the Public Museum of Grand Rapids had flocked to the ancient Egypt display, which included not just the usual run of artifacts ...

The ancient tomb was found buried in a cemetery in Assiut, Egypt around 240 miles south of Cairo Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

Some ancient Egyptians lived well into their 80s, she said, and differences between a 55-year-old and an 85-year-old could be considerable. Nonetheless, Dr. Austin praised the researchers’ approach.