A mysterious white substance found on the necks of ancient mummies in China turned out to be the world’s oldest known cheese. Now, its DNA has given scientists a “clearer picture” of life ...

Archaeologists now think they may have been the citizens of an ancient civilization that existed at the crossroads between China and Europe. Mummies of "Tomb 2" This mummy of a young woman was ...

After analysing ancient cheese found alongside mummies in China dating from the Bronze Age, scientists have discovered the cheese is kefir. The research, published in the journal Cell, suggests a ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that a ... these individuals may have been victims of ritual sacrifice, just like the mummies of China's Takla Makan Desert. Photos: (4) courtesy The Mountain ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown ... from the Max Planck Institute in Germany unearthed the ancient mummified corpses in Libya. The fascinating North ...

When analyzing the ancient Argentinian mummies’ DNA extracted from the nit cement, Perotti’s team gleaned some important insights into how ancient humans migrated and settled in South America.