The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection was designed to reference ancient Egyptian gods His 17-piece Transcendence ... Chakil based the designs on Egyptian animal deities that have been ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

"People would make devotional offerings in the form of animals as mummies. This would have more potency as a blood sacrifice, ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

The severity of Nadav and Avihu’s punishment prompts Jewish reflection. A Sanhedrin was deemed severe if issuing a death ...

Suspect in Kardashian Jewel Heist Case Plans to Take Responsibility for His Role at Paris Trial For the first six seasons of ...