Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who ...

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...

Finally, in the fall of 2023, after the museum’s board of trustees voted to no longer display human remains, the diorama was permanently shuttered. It’s now being dismantled. Using samples ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

Solid Gold will transport visitors through the many worlds of gold, its joyful, though at times heartbreaking and histories.

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

The study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Chemical Society used both chemical analysis and a panel of human sniffers to evaluate ... that had been either in storage or on display at ...

While the shoe isn't on display yet, it's among many new items awaiting a place on the museum floor at the Warren ... began in early 2001, and the human remains were removed and interred at ...