Ancient people in India, Europe and some other countries used natural methods to detect pregnancy, including urine tests with seeds, garlic tests, pulse assessments, and bee behaviour.

Professor Lee Berger, the project's leader and Director of the Centre for Exploration of the Deep Human Journey at Wits ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

Nine Egyptians, freed after being held for 19 months by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, arrived in Egypt as the Sudanese army advanced in Khartoum, Sudan. REUTERS/Shokry Hussein 9 of 10 ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) 33,571 ...

In Gdańsk, Poland, archaeologists unearthed over 14,000 artifacts, including a military bunker with evidence of German war crimes and the remains of a Red Army soldier. The excavation revealed items ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago. During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...

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