In fact, the oldest-known Egyptian mummy, dated around 3500 BC, is believed to have been created this way. The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 BC. These early efforts at ...

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have discovered strangely deformed sheep skulls in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, dating to ...

A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from 3,700-3,500 BC revealed the recipe and confirmed that it was developed far earlier and used more widely than previously ...

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at a time of diplomatic tensions in the ...

For 2.5 million years humans fed themselves by gathering plants and hunting wild animals that lived and bred without their ...

Neil MacGregor's story takes him to the end of the Ice Age, as the first farmers created objects to consume new foods, venerate new gods and even take a new look at sex ...

Environment Canada is warning of heavy rain on British Columbia's north coast, while several thousand BC Hydro customers ...

There’s also evidence of the site having a much older fence structure with up to seven parallel courses dating between 3600 and 3500 BC. “Archaeological results from Nygårdsvej 3 show an ...

For more than 8,000 years, the desire for goods from distant countries has driven the evolution of complex international trade networks. These trade routes have left a lasting imprint in cultures ...

JONESPORT -- Maine Marine Patrol has added a new vessel to its fleet. The Patrol Vessel Sentinel II, a 42 foot Calvin Beal ...

The Special Illustration Rare (SIR) Pikachu ex card, which can be attained in the brand new "Surging Sparks" set that just ...