LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds ...

Astronomers have learned that this white dwarf, the remnant of a medium-size star after running out of nuclear fuel, has gobbled up a rocky planet from its former system. The weird part: This white ...

LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ...