2,700-year-old ancient Egyptian stroke victim discovered The recent medical inspection of the mummy in Egyptian led to a novel discovery believed to be one of, if not the earliest examples of a stroke in an Egyptian mummy. Upon examination, a research team from the Spanish National Program for Scientific Research, Technology and Innovation concluded that …

Early Human Evolution: Hominin Fossils in “Cradle of Humankind” May Be a Million Years Older Than Thought The Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is 1 million years older than previously thought. New dates for the Australopithecus-bearing Sterkfontein Cave deposit place South African hominin fossils at the centre of global paleo research. Nearly four million years of …

Researchers Have Just Reconstructed a 2,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy’s Face Australian researchers have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian mummy, using a 3D printer to create a replica skull and forensic sculpting techniques to bring it to life. While the sculpture is awesome in its own right and allows us to get a glimpse into …

Computer Scans Reveal King Tut’s Appearance And New Possible Cause Of Death The name “King Tut” gives birth to images of powerful royal families of Egypt, of course, it does. Tutankhamun was the last great king of his lineage before the military rule took over the land, and one of the youngest rulers at that. …

Military Officer’s Tomb Discovered in Egypt A Czech archaeological mission working near the Giza plateau has uncovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian military official who commanded battalions made up of foreign soldiers, according to a statement from the Egyptian antiquities ministry. The find has led experts to conclude that ancient Egypt was much more …

The Dogon Tribe Of Africa And Their Extraterrestrial History One of the most amazing sources of evidence of our ancestors coming from the stars in the history of the Dogon Tribe of Africa. There are between 400,000 and 800,000 Dogon in a remote civilization in the central plateau region of Mali in Africa. The Dogon …

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Shows Evidence of Nose Cancer Scientists have been busy trying to find the cause of death of the “Mysterious Lady,” a 2,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy whose womb contained an extremely well-preserved unborn fetus. By closely studying her skull, they suspect that this ancient soon-to-be mommy likely died of cancer — a discovery …

Africa’s 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off Africa’s iconic baobab trees are dying, and scientists don’t know why. In a study intended to examine why the trees are so long-living, researchers made the unexpected finding that many of the oldest and largest of the trees have died in the past decade or so. …

Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought The ‘Cradle of Humankind’ is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa that comprises a variety of fossil-bearing cave deposits, including Sterkfontein Caves. Sterkfontein was made famous by the discovery of the first adult Australopithecus in 1936. Since then, hundreds of Australopithecus fossils …