Anyone who tried to rob a tomb was taking a big risk because both the ancient police and the law were ready to punish them.

Kayleigh teams up with Jahannah James to explore the British Museum’s greatest treasures, from the Rosetta Stone to ancient ...

A composite reconstruction at 3 stages of life, of KING TUT. Tutankhamun (king tut) son of akhenaten died around 1324 b.c. aged aprox 19, ruled of 10+- years he restored the old gods. Over his 10 ...

Remains buried in Asia in a crouching position are thought to be oldest known examples of intentionally mummified burials.

Research has unveiled the genetic composition of an ancient Egyptian who lived around 4,500 years ago, revealing he had both North African and Iraqi ancestry in his DNA. The ongoing National Egyptian ...

For at least 10,000 years, humans across South-East Asia were being carefully preserved after death by being smoke-dried – a ...

Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

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Pedants will know that tomatoes are a fruit, but did you know that bananas are actually berries? If you did, pat yourself on the back, but, as it turns out, there are multitudes of facts and stories ...

When a research team from Eurac Research entered the warehouses of the National Archaeological Museum in La Paz a couple of years ago, they were stunned to find more than 50 mummified individuals and ...