Archaeology

Many of the early Pre-Raphaelite paintings may have paint made from dead Egyptians. Considered to be a highly variable pigment between raw umber (almost greenish brown) and burnt umber (a ruddier brown), Mummy Brown was a transparent brown good for mixing.

Roman emperors were often depicted as pharaohs while Egypt was part of the Roman empire

Archaeologists hope that a funding and conservation boost can halt wall collapses and other erosion occurring at the ancient city on Italy's Neopolitan coast

The humerus fossil was matched to another specimen found over 150 years earlier

The patterns on the insect's wings closely match those of nearby fossilized leaves from the same period

The skeletons of four kittens and two cats in a cemetery may push back the date of cat domestication in Egypt to 3600 B.C.

The bronze triggers of the disintegrated wooden bows were probably molded and made in small batches rather than by assembly line

Discovered near a graveyard, the wand was likely used in funereal rituals

Ice sheets trapped ancient Americans in refuges on land now under the Bering Strait

The fossil-rich layers date from the period when dinosaurs and birds split from a common ancestor