Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that this fungus produces a unique class of molecules with the potential to fight cancer.These molecules belong to a group called ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...

Boasting King Tut's treasures and countless other riches, anticipation for the Grand Egyptian Museum mounts as delays thwart ...

The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

A fungus once feared for causing deadly infections in ancient tombs is now offering new hope in the fight against cancer.

Brown reportedly noticed an unnatural section of rock on a cliff face, which gave way to a cave “that curved downward into the mountain,” Frank wrote. After days of exploring and cataloging, Brown ...

Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute of Paris, has discovered a series of hidden inscriptions on the obelisk ...

Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt. Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb ...