Dear Bintel, I’m the only rabbi in my region for about an hour’s drive in either direction. I get all kinds of interesting ...

Cultural artifacts are more than historical remnants; they embody the spirit of a nation and a civilization. In recent years, ...

The scientific name for the infection, Yersinia pestis, wiped out vast swathes of Europe but this new finding means ...

In 1868 the Museum of Zagreb in Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, acquired an Egyptian mummy of a woman. Her previous owner had removed her wrappings but held on to them.

Most of the KV35 mummies were removed from the tomb and taken to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but Amenhotep II’s body remained in situ. In 1901 thieves broke into the tomb.

From the Egyptian desert with its endless ancient secrets, to London where I studied for my PhD, and all the way to Slovenia where I bridge the gap between heritage scientists working in siloes ...

3D scans reveal secrets of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s coffin 3D scans reveal secrets of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s coffin. ... blue-specked teeth could rewrite medieval history.

The mummy, dubbed the 'Capacabra', was found at Michigan State University during renovations of Cook-Seevers Hall - but the creature's true identity remains unknown ...

Archaeological research is increasingly focusing on teeth to reveal insights into ancient lives. Dental analysis uncovers details about diet, occupation, and social status through wear patterns ...

Seven thousand years ago, the Chinchorro people, along the Pacific coast of South America, began to mummify their dead. Their bodies remain hidden in the desert. This is episode 41 of Stories of ...

Late last year, Egyptian and American archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near Luxor. The tomb, which dates to the Middle Kingdom, was found in the South Asasif ...

Two million years of evolution. We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we can see traces of more than 2 million ...