A tumor with teeth was found in a 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian burial site. The tumor, a teratoma, is a rare find in archaeology. It was found near a ring that may have been thought to magically ...

As crews dug through the soil along the Nile in Southern Egypt, skeletons slowly emerged from the dirt. The area had once been an ancient graveyard, but looting and housing projects had damaged the ...

Chemical analyses have revealed the specific components ancient Egyptians used to embalm the dead, including exotic ingredients that were acquired through trading. When you purchase through links on ...

A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians ...

The skeletal remains of an ancient Egyptian woman reveal she likely suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that — though common today — is rarely seen in the archaeological record. The finding ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D. candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. "In ...

The remains of an ancient Egyptian woman unearthed near Aswan reveal she likely suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study. Photo from Axp Photography, UnSplash The skeletal remains ...