Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

An curved arrow pointing right. A recently unearthed tomb in Egypt contained several mummies, sarcophagi, jewelry, and other relics. More from News A recently unearthed tomb in Egypt contained ...

Egyptian mummies have long been a subject of fascination ... and personal practices [in ancient Egypt]," said Ally Louks, an English Literature supervisor at the University of Cambridge, not ...

Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies. However, the early Egyptians also left behind other ancient clues that we can use to learn about their daily ...

Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt Archaelogists uncover what appear to be cat mummies–a common practice around the Ptolemaic period. But an x-ray scan reveals a surprise: the mummies ...

The mismatch only comes to light when a mummy is studied scientifically. It is now illegal to take mummies or any other ancient artefact from Egypt. There are still a lot of mummies left in private ...

Egypt. The burial site includes a limestone chamber surrounded by mudbrick vaults, but the king's identity remains a mystery due to damage caused by ancient tomb robbers. The tomb is believed to ...

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Long before the Western diet of red meat, fat and salt, ancient hunter-gatherers also suffered from clogged arteries, U.S. researchers say mummies reveal. Senior author Caleb Finch, a professor at ...

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