Paleontologists working in Ethiopia are analyzing a recent discovery that could indicate yet another revision of what is known about our ancestry. A prehistoric peccary about 2.8 million years old may represent the identification of another species, perhaps the oldest of the genus Homo. The mandible
The sibyls, in Greek and Roman mythology, were women capable of predicting the future, named after the first of them all, a young woman (daughter of Dardanus and Neso) who prophesied the Trojan War. She was in Delphi before the existence of the Pythia oracle and the sanctuary of Apollo, and her ori
Based on a recently discovered manual in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, Copenhagen University Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest mummification manual ever discovered. In ancient
Researchers and experts have long agreed that the origin of the Great Flood myth found in many cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East lies in the Mesopotamian story told in the Gilgamesh poem, which includes a version of the story that is actually older. It is tablet number XI t