At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in ...

Uunfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after death brought people closer to the gods, the mummies' ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Numerous previous studies have analyzed the composition of pastes and mortars used in ancient Egyptian construction. Some of ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ancient royal tombs.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The death of a man whose body was discovered in Raleigh-Egypt Thursday afternoon has been declared a homicide, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD). The man's body ...

Getty Images: Displaced Palestinians pass destroyed buildings as they return to the north from the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble ...

There are a number of ancient accounts of Alexander's death, but most come from centuries later. The writers Plutarch (who lived circa A.D. 46 to 120) and Arrian (who lived circa A.D. 88 to 160 ...

Thousands of Egyptians, led by public figures and political delegations, are protesting in the Egyptian Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip to reject all proposals to displace the Palestinian ...

Wrestlers often use face paint or masks to either hide their identities or to add some specialty to their overall act. This has been something that has happened for generations in wrestling, whether ...