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More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...
Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research ...
Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...
In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...
The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at connections with Mesopotamia ...
Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...
Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...
The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveal an ancient economy able to support large-scale ...
A new species of dinosaur has been identified from a partial skeleton discovered in Colorado, researchers said. The ...
Meet Horridus — one of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever discovered. Found in Montana, Horridus at Melbourne Museum in Australia in the new exhibit "Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs." The ...
Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...
A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Mongolia has revealed Khankhuuluu Mongoliensis, an 86-million-year-old dinosaur ...