I really enjoyed Maha Khan Phillips’ earlier novel, The Curse of Mohenjodaro. With that book, the author demonstrated that, ...

You might not think a paleontologist looking for 66-million-year-old fossils would need to ask a rancher about his great-grandmother's job in the Wyoming badlands. But that's what Paul Sereno, a ...

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Right cheek of the mummy showing tattoos of three horizontal black lines. | Credit: G. Mangiapane ...