A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

Ancient Egyptians revered animals, mummifying them as offerings to gods. Recently, scientists at the University of Manchester ...

Worshiping stone idols considering cows sacred not getting a hair cut on Tuesdays are all traditions a lot of people follow well sadly blindly The ancient thinkers of India were not only scientists an ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from ...

Archaeologists discover a 5,000-year-old grave in Áspero, Peru, revealing an elite woman buried with a toucan beak, macaw ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery has puzzled researchers and captured the attention of history enthusiasts worldwide. In ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we're dead ...

A century after the world's most exciting archaeological find – the tomb of Tutankhamun – we can witness the dramatic scenes of its discovery and marvel at its extraordinary treasures exactly as they ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological evidence indicates their presence among human communities from approximately ...

Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger ...