Benoîte de Maillet, the French consul in Egypt between 1692 and 1708, was the first European to stage a mummy unwrapping in front of an audience. The event took place in Cairo in September 1698.

Humans have been reshaping the environment for at least 10,000 years. But the Anthropocene is the name given to the specific ...

Step back into the Paleolithic and meet Europe’s first modern humans. Discover how the Cro-Magnons lived, hunted, and laid the foundation for future European civilizations.

Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the crypts found at Château des Milandes in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle ...

The world's first horseback riders swept across the steppe roughly 5,000 years ago, a new skeletal analysis of tombs across Europe and Asia reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The first was for the Wiesbaden Warriors claiming the Division I DODEA European title with a 58-54 victory over Ramstein. The second was for earning all-tournament honors, and the third and final ...

The three worst years this century by the extent of burnt area mapped by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) were 2017 (988,427 ha), 2022 (837,212 ha) and 2007 (588,388 ha).

This is not the first ancient relic to be unveiled this summer. Shrinking rivers and lakes across Europe have revealed a number of lost relics, from a World War II-era barge unearthed in Italy's ...

In his first month in office, President Donald Trump has upended the nation’s nearly century-old approach to global affairs. The speed and energy with which the president has moved to remake ...