Researchers in Hungary have uncovered new scientific details about Egyptian mummies more than 2,300 years old using advanced ...

In the 20th century, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin — a substance produced by mould that can kill bacteria. It ...

Have you ever looked at a food item in your kitchen and wondered, "Does this ever go bad?" Most foods — from bread to milk to ...

When researchers pointed a cutting-edge hospital scanner at a collection of ancient Egyptian remains that had puzzled experts ...

Ancient Greek inscriptions appear on some of the most prominent buildings in the world, whether on a historical building or ...

Work out the math on that timeline, and you come to an unexpected conclusion: that Cleopatra lived closer to us today than ...

“Is fashion art? No,” says André Leon Talley, decisively, backstage at John Galliano’ s Spring/Summer 1994 show.

From Babylonian diagnostic tablets to Egyptian afterlife scrolls, ancient civilizations blended meticulous observation with supernatural belief. These artifacts reveal a world where healing, magic, ...

The topic of archaeological illness research is based on the use of the human skeletal record to reveal the presence of ...

Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that ...

One of the first sights we see in “Costume Art,” the new fashion exhibit to be launched at Monday’s Met Gala, is a glittering ...

Have you ever wondered what strange secrets your favorite foods might be hiding? From bananas being berries to the surprising ...