By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

A stunning discovery of mummified lion cubs and other animals in the Saqqara necropolis offers a glimpse into ancient ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummified crocodiles dating back over 3,000 years near Aswan. Found in sacred sites ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

From elaborate Italian frescoes to a twin mattress-sized cake, here's what our editors saw and loved in Milan.

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the ...