Egyptologists have discovered a 4,300-year-old mummy inside of a Pharaonic tomb, according to Zahi Hawass, the director of an excavation team working at Saqqara, 12 miles south of Cairo.

It's the second recently-discovered hidden passageway in Khufu's pyramid, with an even longer 98-feet-long corridor being ...

the oldest example of tattooing in general come courtesy of the mummy known as Ötzi who was discovered in Europe back in 1991. Ötzi’s tattoos, unlike those found on the young Egyptians ...

Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing ... second half of the 6th century. The disc discovered in Denmark was part of a trove ...

Leicester is one of the most excavated cities in Britain, as it was originally the site of a Roman town named Ratae ...

The find proves that Odin, the Norse god of war and death who ruled over Valhalla, was worshipped by Norse and Germanic ...

A team of Scandinavia-based scientists discovered a fossilized Ichthyosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile, in a rock that is dated to just after the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME). The study ...

For more than 20 years, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has been circling the Red Planet, mapping the martian surface to help astronomers untangle the mysteries of Mars’ history. But in January ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian ... In the homes, archaeologists have discovered loose pearls and diving weights, which the free divers used to quickly ...

1,300-year-old settlement is of major historic significance for the region Officials at the oldest pearling town ... (Siniya Monastery), which was discovered last year. Sheikh Majid bin Saud ...

Found at a site that preserves an ecosystem that is about 23 million years old, the fossil is reportedly the oldest known kangaroo rat. The fossil discovered at the site consisted of a complete ...