Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis in Aswan has uncovered three unknown rock-cut ...

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered three ancient rock-cut tombs in the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis near Aswan, dating back to the Old Kingdom period (2686-2181 BC), <br />the Ministry of Tourism and ...

Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. Here’s the technology that helped scientists find it—and what it may have been used for.

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...

Reports of Neolithic Irish god-kings, descended through an incest-practicing social elite, are lacking in evidence, say a ...

The National Museum of Funeral History houses the country’s largest collection of funeral service artifacts and memorabilia, offering a surprisingly upbeat look at how we’ve commemorated our dearly ...

In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within the region’s prehistoric ruling dynasties. But new research suggests that ...

New research has cast doubt on suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the people who built Newgrange 5,000 years ...

A discovery in the sands of Egypt has offered a different perspective for scientists as they examine the lives of ancient ...

Everybody is born as one single individual but by the time he is mature enough to participate in life he has become a crowd This is almost the case with everybody Become aware of itIf you just sit sil ...

Ammit, Egyptian devourer of the dead. (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 344 PP, £25) TABLET BOOKSHOP PRICE £22.50 • TEL 020 7799 ...