Studies on diseases and medical practices in ancient civilizations through archaeology.
In a discovery that overturns old suppositions about the origin of leprosy, researchers have recovered two extremely well-preserved genomes of ...
For centuries, it was the conventional narrative that leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was introduced into the Americas by ...
Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known evidence of the use of the medical and psychoactive plant Peganum harmala, also referred ...
A recent study published last year in the journal Cell has identified the ancient origins of a genetic mutation that ...
A recent archaeological study in southern Sweden has revealed new insights into the medieval disability experience. The study by Lund ...
A new study by scientists at the University of Gothenburg has shed light on the health of Viking-age people in ...
A skull long thought to belong to Arsinoë IV, sister of Cleopatra, has been confirmed to be the remains of ...
A team of French and Swiss archaeologists working in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, outside Memphis in Egypt, has ...
Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. ...
Archaeologists in northern Portugal have uncovered a unique bronze figurine dating back to the 2nd century CE in the ancient ...
