The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum in Urumqi currently houses six Tarim Basin mummies, including the oldest and the most popular – the Loulan Beauty. …
Remembered as the father of Egyptology, the 19th-century Frenchman Jean-François Champollion prematurely and tragically passed away in 1832 shortly after visiting Egypt. In 1822, Champollion …
For 4,000 years the meaning of mysterious markings on a Bronze Age stone slab have remained a secret. Not anymore, however. That’s because scientists are …
Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius. A formal statement is due around noon in Moscow on Saturday when the …
Using their dependable metal detector, a ɡапɡ of treasure һᴜпteгѕ unexpectedly discovered a hidden treasure trove of gold coins. This аmаzіпɡ discovery was made in …
In 1935, Egypt was still the main draw for archaeologists digging for answers. It was hardly more than a decade since the British Egyptologist Howard …
Easter Island, a small, isolated island but famous around the world, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. There are two things that make …
A heavy equipment company began mining a strange colored stone at Millennium Mine in northern Alberta in 2011. His supervisor quickly realized that they had …
Humans around the world display myriad skin tones and eye colors that are fascinating and wonderful in their variety. Research continues on to see how …
Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten – the …
Luxor: Egyptian authorities on Saturday unveiled a well-preserved mummy of a woman inside a previously unopened coffin in Luxor in southern Egypt, dating back to more …
In their oral history, the Heiltsuk people describe how the area around Triquet Island, on the western coast of their territory in British Columbia, remained …
On a 25-kilometer (15.5-mile) stretch of coastline in Western Australia, there lies a prehistoric treasure trove. Thousands of approximately 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints are embedded in …
A discovery by Bashkir scientists contradicts all traditional notions of human history: stone slabs which are 120 million years old and covered with the relief …
