Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ... It first ...

A 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s wish that he would one day ... Active during the turbulent reign of Ramses XI, who served ...

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In what many are hailing as a monumental discovery, an international team of scientists and researchers may have uncovered ...

It first appeared around 3350 to 3000 BC in the city of Uruk ... writing symbolism to writing is a significant development in human cognitive technologies,” Ferrara said.

Interpol said Wednesday that a six-day international police operation against human trafficking had led to more than 2,500 ...

Humans have been using mascara since 3000 BC, in ancient Egypt to be exact. Since then, it's been reimagined thousands upon thousands of times into wax- and pigment-based formulas—in modern ...

The animals have not been used as test subjects since 2015, when the NIH retired chimpanzees from invasive research.

The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) killed about 3,000 black bears over the course ... but over the long-term, the number of human-bear conflicts bounced back. Annual lethal encounters ...

A massive drone strike has rattled Moscow and its suburbs, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...