Archeologists in China have found potential evidence of “yue,” an ancient Chinese punishment that involved cutting off a person’s foot. Published in Acta Anthropologica Sinica, the work is the first ...

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(Reuters) - It is a startling image from ancient Egypt - a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor of a woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like ...

In the ancient Portuguese city of Braga, a Roman-era figurine depicts a woman with a rare condition. PHOZÉ by José Machado via Unsplash Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of ...

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A German woman who stole the top of an ancient column in Olympia over half a century ago has returned it to Greece, the Greek culture ministry said Saturday. The capital of the column, made of ...

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As crews dug through the soil along the Nile in Southern Egypt, skeletons slowly emerged from the dirt. The area had once been an ancient graveyard, but looting and housing projects had damaged the ...

Illustration depicts the "Ivory Lady," whose tomb was discovered in Valencina, Spain, dated between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago. Miriam Luciañez Triviño She’s a 5,000-year-old girlboss. An ancient ...