Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

Known as "Fred," this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists believed.

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy king’s relatives among mummies thought to belong to the royal family ...

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

In Lima, Peru, gas company workers unearthed a remarkably preserved 1,000-year-old mummy of a boy during pipeline ...

Museums are fascinating, but if you're looking for the unique, weird and quirky, you may find these very interesting.

Ever scrolled through social media and seen someone sprinkling cinnamon at their doorstep, claiming it's a secret to attracting wealth? You're not alone. The "cinnamon for prosperity" ritual has taken ...

The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

Lavender, one of the most popular herbs in the world, has been highly valued and cultivated since ancient Greek times.

The ancient Egyptians originally took bitumen from tar pits to help embalm their dead; elsewhere it was used to waterproof the bottoms of boats. But it wasn’t until 1853, writes Conway, that chemists ...