The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

In Egyptian mythology, Osiris was murdered by his brother Seth, the god of confusion and disorder. Isis was able to reassemble her husband’s dismembered body, bringing Osiris back to life ...

The effort to resurrect dire wolves started at Colossal with DNA recovery from two ancient remains, which included a tooth from 13,000 years ago and a skull dating back 72,000 years. Research teams ...

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Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

Scientists at a Dallas-based biotech firm recently announced they have brought back the to life the dire wolf, a species popularized by the fantasy TV show "Game of Thrones." The company recently ...

She’s just three and a half years old, but Ziv Nitzan has a pretty impressive archaeological find to add to her résumé. Visiting the Tel Azekah site with her family from their home in the ...

Captivated by his stories of surviving on bugs during his military service in World War II, she spent her childhood scouring the dry fields for crickets, bamboo worms, and scarab beetles hiding in ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan inadvertently discovered an ancient scarab amulet dating back ... Egyptian culture spread, so did the scarab. Canaanites, Greeks, and Romans adopted the beetle-shaped ...

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated ... insect’s name in Egyptian derives from the verb “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol ...

What they found was either an Egyptian ... its back legs. This is perhaps why the scarab beetle family came to be symbolized in their theocracy. The family made the discovery at an ancient ...

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in the news release. Ancient Egyptians ... s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means ...