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I’ve never quite understood why tourists can’t help but write things like, “Gayoung was here.” But archaeological records ...

A dog tumbled into a well after excitedly greeting its owner returning home in Jiangsu, China. Video shows the energetic pet running and jumping around the car in the courtyard before suddenly ...

Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal ability they might ...

A white correction fluid, identified on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make the figure of a jackal slimmer, researchers have found ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

The ancient Egyptians sure knew how to tell a terrifying tale! Join us as we count down the darkest and most unsettling ...

The ancient Egyptians built temples that lasted thousands of years, and one of them happens to be in San Jose. Well, ...

It doesn’t matter the year, the location, or your station; wild animals can take you down with the type of unflinching ease ...

The golden mask of King Amenemope, ruler of Egypt’s Twenty-First Dynasty, is among more than 180 artefacts now on display in London as part of the Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold exhibition at Battersea ...

Published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the study assessed 35 balm and bandage samples from 19 mummies dating ...

Perceptions of Emin have changed profoundly since the Turner Prize exhibition of 1999, when My Bed sucked up all the attention. (She didn’t win.) The mouthy, chain-smoking ladette, whom the tabloids ...