Recent advances in medical imaging are providing new insights into the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. Radiologists at Keck ...

Both the mummies and 3D models and prints of the scans will be on display at the California Science Center’s upcoming ...

Hidden beneath an ancient temple in Assur, Iraq, archaeologists have discovered key evidence of the Cult of Ishtar's origins.

In Nes-Min’s case, CT scanning revealed a collapsed lumbar vertebra - an injury pattern that suggests age-related wear and tear and likely long-term discomfort. According to Summer Decker, head of 3D ...

X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two mummies dated to ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that the Earth’s climate continued to ...

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

The Walters Art Museum has appointed Dr. Katherine Larson as its new Chief Collections and Curatorial Affairs Officer and ...