The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar ...

Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe - first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from ...

This week, incredible footage showing a “bear’s-eye-view” of Andean bears has revealed never-before-seen behaviors, new research suggests that ancient ... here The first battery made from ...