Medicine & TechnologyA recent discovery of 17 mummies in Egypt increases the enthusiasm of the archaeologists and creates a new momentum for the nation’s tourism sector.
A team with Macquarie University's Australian Center for Egyptology is recording the art drawn on the walls of a group of 4,000-year-old tombs at Beni Hassan in Egypt. The artwork shows depictions of numerous creatures, including a pelican, seen here
Curators at the National Museum of Scotland have made an exceptional discovery inside a World War II service envelope with a hand-written note. The writing distinguishes the contents, a remarkably preserved mummy shroud, as being from an ancient Egyptian tomb originally built around 1290 BC.
Initially thought to be Ramses II, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities said that the statue discovered in Cairo may have been Psamtek I of the later dynasty.
Eman Ahmed a woman from Egypt successfully underwent weight loss surgery In India. The woman who was believed to be the heaviest woman in the world was airlifted for the operation.
Scientists may be one step closer to tracing the exodus of modern humans out of Africa. New genetic evidence points to a northern route leading out of the continent, which may just settle a long-disputed question concerning human migrations.
While Rosetta mission team members are preparing to touch down on the surface for a more up-close view of the comet, Rosetta’s Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) is taking a look at the surface from afar. And in the newest batch of images sent back Monday morning, researchers have revealed a large pyramid-shaped boulder standing 82-feet-tall near the intended landing site for Rosetta’s Philae rover.