Archaeologists have unearthed a hollowed-out animal bone containing hundreds of black henbane seeds sealed with a black birch-bark tar plug, ...
Researchers from the National Institute of Genetics, the University of Tokyo, and the Wakasa History Museum have conducted metagenomic analyses ...
DNA extracted from ancient chewing gum, used by teenagers in Sweden around 10,000 years ago, is providing valuable insights into ...
Ancient Egypt's healthcare system, described as "advanced and successful" by researchers Rosalie David and Roger Forshaw in their new book, ...
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of trepanation, a skull-drilling operation, in Çatalhöyük, Turkey. The excavation, led by Anadolu University's Archeology Department, ...
A collaborative study conducted by the University of Gothenburg's Institute of Odontology and Västergötland's Museum uncovered evidence of widespread caries, ...
A recent archaeological study led by researchers from Cambridge University sheds new light on the medieval benefits system implemented by ...
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian cemetery in Amarna have uncovered a rare find—a mature ovarian teratoma within the pelvis of ...
A recent excavation in ancient Megiddo, Israel, revealed the earliest example of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East, and ...
A Byzantine-era woman's skull discovered in central Italy revealed that this middle-aged woman had undergone invasive surgical procedures at least ...
