This likeness of a Greek woman, once affixed to her wrapped corpse, is a startlingly lifelike work of art and a testament to the cross-cultural currents of the ancient world.

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

In this video we compare the classic block physics of Minecraft to ultra realistic real life simulations Watch how water lava and slime behave when they are given high quality physical properties inst ...

Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin has another horror reboot on his hands, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Yes, that's the full title, not to be confused with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz's 1999 ...

Events coming up in the Greenville area offer music, arts, theater and family fun. Here is a sampling. In the events below, “today” refers to Feb. 14.

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover ...

Hold hands and stroll free festivals, take your Galentine to see artists in their native habitats, or celebrate Chinese New Year in Groveland and the African American History Festival in Mount Dora.

From the Third Intermediate Period through the Late, Ptolemaic, and Roman eras, ancient Egyptian private funerary monuments underwent marked architectural and ritual reconfigurations ...

Doctors used CT scans to study ancient Egyptian mummies, uncovering injuries, aging, and personal details without disturbing ...

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

It is virtually impossible to quantify the sheer number of mummies exported to Europe from the Middle Ages through the mid-nineteenth century. Estimates reaching into the millions confirm, however, ...

X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two mummies dated to ...