For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

The Nile nourishes a green band stretching through the desert, from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Along its ...

Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...

Archaeologists in South Sinai, Egypt, uncover ancient rock art, tools, and inscriptions showing thousands of years of human activity.

Doctors used CT scans to study ancient Egyptian mummies, uncovering injuries, aging, and personal details without disturbing ...

The Lutai Fair in Ninghe, Tianjin, is one of northern China's long-standing traditional markets, attracting visitors from across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. With a history of around 460 years, ...

As a fundamental ordering principle of reality, Heka (magic) manifested in all areas of ancient Egyptian life. Studies of the Pyramid Texts reveal that Egypt’s fascination with heka dates back to at ...

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently uncovered in Egypt — shedding new light on monastic life in Upper Egypt during the Byzantine era. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Researchers have engineered a time capsule for cells, capable of collecting and storing messenger RNA (mRNA), the molecular product of gene transcription. These ‘TimeVaults’ are made by modifying ...