Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...

While excavating burials of hunter-gatherers in a cave in Vietnam, archaeologist Hsiao-chun Hung of the Australian National University wondered how to explain the flexed, folded, and contorted ...

Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge of Philadelphia. Neil Gorsuch says Supreme Court just made broad new legal ...

Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia's outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were hoarded by a man ...

Although tens of millions of Egyptians were mummified over thousands of years, very few mummies remain today. Tomb robbing, medical cannibalism in Europe, and the use of mummified remains in pigments ...

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability. When you purchase through links on ...

Ibis Paint Pro is a top-tier digital drawing app that turns your tablet or phone into a fully-featured, on-the-go art studio. Designed for illustrators, comic artists, designers, and creators who want ...

Thomas Pettigrew, a nineteenth-century surgeon and antiquarian, threw parties in London at which he unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummies for his guests’ titillation. Modern scanning technologies mean ...