In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

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Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

Scientists say they have found a way to test ancient human remains for hormones linked with pregnancy, a breakthrough that ...

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Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

Chennai: Students from the department of ancient history and archaeology, University of Madras, unearthed stone tools that may belong to the Middle Pa.

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