A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919, ...

Ancient Egypt, one of the oldest civilizations in the world, has long captured the attention of the public. Whenever new information comes out about this enigmatic ancient society, such as the ...

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WARSAW, POLAND—Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial Egyptian mummified person. The body of the individual, ...

Two German hikers, Erika and Helmut Simon, could never have imagined what they would stumble upon setting out on their hike in the Ötztal Alps on the border between Austria and Italy. What appeared to ...

In the late 1940s, the Soviet Archaeology Institute dispatched Sergei Rudenko to explore burial mounds 3,000 miles away in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. The adventure did not disappoint.