Researchers made the discovery as part of efforts to understand more about the role of cancer in the past and how prevalent it was in ancient societies. They studied two Egyptian skulls in the Uni ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

Archaeologists have announced a rare and extraordinary discovery made in the Egyptian desert. Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a ... is a new species of ancient Hyaenodonta: a deadly ...

An international team of researchers recently explored the limits of ancient Egyptian traumatological and oncological treatments by studying two human skulls, each thousands of years old.

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula is a real puzzle. There, in multiple locations, ...

Burial chamber unearthed seven meters (23 feet) underground It was discovered at important ancient Egyptian city Abydos The pharaoh's name was obliterated by ancient tomb robbers March 27 (Reuters ...

After analyzing the skull, and comparing it with other fossils ... after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolizes protection, pleasure, and good health.