The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

Lasers are typically used to remove tattoos from the skin with mixed results. These tight beams of light can also reveal the ...

A farmer found an ancient human skeleton while ploughing a cassava field in Thailand. Arthit Khotyothi was tilling the earth ...

This is the moment a farmer discovered an ancient human skeleton while tilling a field in Khon Kaen, Thailand on January 4.

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the 30,000-year-old fossilized remains of what may be the smallest cat ever known to have existed. The fossilized lower jaw fragment was unearthed within the Hualongdong ...

A bio-archaeologist with the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found an ancient dog's red-painted penis bone along with ...

People have been left shocked after human bones discovered near St Andrew's Church in Norwich were left outside.

Ellen Green, a postgraduate researcher with the University of Reading, analyzed “Quarry 1” from the Nescot site and found “it ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the first-ever tools used on Earth at a site dubbed 'the cradle of humankind.' They found 3mn-year-old knives made from stones.

Groundbreaking evidence from Modern France has revealed that early European aristocrats engaged in preservation rituals.

Scientists have uncovered the fossil remains of a tiny feline species smaller than a house cat from an ancient cave in ...