Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A medieval battle re-enactor has been stabbed in the face at a National Trust weapons display. The sword went through the visor of the man's helmet during a medieval re-enactment. The 37-year-old man, ...

Ancient Egypt is a period of time that elicits great fascination and, even today, secrets from that era are continuing to be uncovered. For the first time, scientists have now been able to sequence ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human ...