Archaeologists strip mummies to save ancient clothing in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 19:55

Chinese archaeologists have carefully stripped the 2,200-year-old clothing from four mummies in order to prevent the delicate outfits from decaying with the dried corpses.

Archaeologists strip mummies to save ancient clothing in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 16:31

Chinese archaeologists have carefully stripped the 2,200-year-old clothing from four mummies in order to prevent the delicate outfits from decaying with the dried corpses.

Riddle of the rotating ancient Egyptian statue solved

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:05

For months, curators at a British museum had been wondering how an ancient Egyptian statue in a sealed display cabinet had been able to rotate on its glass shelf, seemingly of its own free will.

Ancient Egyptians prepared expensive meat mummies for afterlife

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 17:26

Ancient Egyptians not only mummified their dead, they also mummified cuts of meat for the deceased to enjoy in the afterlife.

3.5 bn-year-old ecosystem found in Australia

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 14:16

Scientists have found evidence of a complex microbial ecosystem dating back almost 3.5 billion years in Western Australia`s Pilbara region.

ASI to start excavation for stupas in Bhagalpur

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 15:24

The ASI will soon start excavations to find Buddhist stupas of Pala dynasty believed to be existing near the ruins of the ancient Vikrashila university in Bihar`s Bhagalpur district, an ASI official said today.

UK scientist solves Himalayan mystery on Yeti?

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 16:37

An Oxford University researcher has claimed that Bigfoot is nothing but a cross between an ancient polar bear and brown bear.

Ancient city dating 3,300 years back unearthed in Iraq

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 14:32

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

Ancient Mayan city had industrial salt processing plant

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 09:37

An industrial salt processing plant of the Maya pre-classic period in Guatemala, which once produced as much as 24,000 tonnes of salt annually, has been discovered.

Ancient Mayan city had industrial salt processing plant

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 09:37

An industrial salt processing plant of the Maya pre-classic period in Guatemala, which once produced as much as 24,000 tonnes of salt annually, has been discovered.