The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

The mummies featured in the new study had been ... at the Tennessee Division of Archaeology who specializes in ancient tattoos and was not involved in the study. Dr. Pittman, a dinosaur ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.

The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people ... “So, to some extent, ancient Chancay tattoos show a lot of parallels to the variation in design and significance we can observe among tattoos ...

Researchers have unveiled long "hidden" and finely detailed tattoo designs on the skin of ancient mummies from Peru, a study reports. Tattoos were a prevalent art form in pre-Hispanic South ...

2,000 year old mummies have been unearthed as more than a dozen found with rare tongues made from golden amulets.

(Tom Kaye via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient ...

Archaeologists uncovered a trove of treasures from a tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic era 305 to 30 BCE in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, which belonged to an individual named Wen Nefer.

Discover the world's oldest cheese found on ancient mummies in China, its connection to gut health, and the history of fermented foods.

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