Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy king’s relatives among mummies thought to belong to the royal family ...

Scientists think they've discovered the reason behind the reputed "curse" - and it could be a gamechanger in the fight ...

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...

Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time ...

Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

A mold speculated to have been behind the deaths of a few who dared breach the tomb of Tutankhamun may be hiding a hopeful ...

"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...