A unique statue dating back to the fifth dynasty of ancient Egypt has been discovered at the necropolis of Saqqara. An "unparalleled" funerary statue of an ancient Egyptian man whose name may be Messi ...

A road project in Shanxi Province uncovered a Tang dynasty tomb from 736 AD, adorned with murals depicting daily life, including grinding flour, making pasta, and leading horses. The paintings feature ...

NEW ORLEANS — There is a mystery that archeologists and anthropologists are trying to solve. That mystery starts with a find in the backyard of a local home and will soon end in a city about an hour ...

In a study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, Dr. Victoria Romano and her colleagues analyzed the bones of 189 hunter-gatherers who lived during the Late Holocene (~4000 to 250 ...

The rock art is near Nefud desert of northern Saudi Arabia Camels, ibex, gazelles, wild donkeys and aurochs depicted Sept 30 (Reuters) - About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. One family fled Afghanistan. Then US deportations scattered them ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal tombs were protected. The whistle made from a cow’s toe bone was recovered ...

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Stem-cell models provide evidence that viral DNA sequences that entered the human genome in the past were repurposed to aid early stages of embryonic development. Sherif Khodeer is in the Department ...

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