In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old ...

Seven cheetah mummies recently discovered in an Arabian desert cave have renewed discussion about reintroduction of the animals.

The mummies tested in the study spanned almost the entire history of ancient Egypt, ranging from 2000 BCE to 295 CE. On the whole, the researchers found that mummies from the same historical period ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of seven mummified cheetahs found in caves in Saudi Arabia. Researchers sequenced the cheetahs' genomes and found they were ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a rare burial chamber where several mummies were interred with thin gold foils in place of their tongues, a startling detail that fuses ritual, status, and ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. The remains range from 130 years old to over 1,800 years old. Researchers excavated seven ...