Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here we see a photo of a section of the Book of the Dead. Hieroglyphics are on the bottom and illustrations of people doing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Papyrus Anastasi I; sheet 1; Hieratic literary text: "The Satirical Letter," February 4, 2026. (photo credit: The Trustees of the ...

How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Published in Environmental Archaeology, Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes ...

An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa ...

Unpublished medical texts from the Copenhagen papyrus collection reveal that ancient Egyptians documented kidney anatomy and ...

A new study reveals that Japanese horseradish isn’t just good as a sinus-clearing part of a plate of sushi, but is also effective in art conservation. Wasabi vapors have been found to effectively ...

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus, as reported first by Arkeonews. A woman looks at papyrus on March 6 ...

Ancient embalmers dipped a piece of red linen in a plant-based concoction before applying the cloth to the deceased's face. Ida Christensen / University of Copenhagen Egyptian mummies have fascinated ...

A new study has found that wasabi—the spicy green paste that pairs well with sushi—can be used as a tool to conserve ancient papyrus scrolls. Thousands of years ago, papyrus was used to make a number ...