Jennifer Nalewicki

The identity of an Egyptian mummy has baffled archaeologists for centuries. Now they know what she may have looked like.

Two-dozen ancient bronze sculptures found in Italy "will rewrite history."

Cincinnati Art Museum curators were surprised to find a hidden image of Buddha in a mirror stored away in the archives.

Scientists sequenced the DNA of an ancient watermelon and discovered that it contains the oldest plant genome in the world.

Considering Finland's highly acidic soil, archaeologists were surprised to find animal fur and feathers buried alongside a child from the Stone Age.

A facial reconstruction of a medieval skull reveals that the battle victim may have been struck a fatal blow by an ax.

As the planet warms due to climate change, North American migratory birds are shrinking.

Using DNA evidence, forensic scientists created a facial reconstruction of a "vampire" who lived during the 18th century.

A zoomed-in photo of an ant is giving the internet the chills.

A hair sample from an ancient trophy head found buried in Peru reveals that the victim consumed a psychoactive plant prior to death.

CT scans of the child's mummy show that the toddler, a descendant of an Austrian count, died from a vitamin D deficiency due to lack of sunlight.

More than 240 skeletons have been unearthed from a former medieval friary cemetery, revealing a "snapshot of the community."

The ancient marble reliefs chiseled into Mashki Gate date back to the Assyrian empire.

Fractures in an Antarctic iceberg were likely caused by rapid changes in the currents that flow through the Southern Ocean.

Thousands of cannonball jellyfish washed ashore along North Carolina beaches during a red drum spawning event.

Erosion along a beach in England has revealed ancient human and animal footprints.

They're one of the only bird species to do this.

Chernobyl frogs' evolution shows how they have adapted to live with higher radiation by turning black.

Biologists studied Burmese pythons to see just how wide the snakes could gape their jaws to swallow large prey.

An ancient tiny reptile called "Scleromochlus taylori" gives a better look at the evolution of other ancient reptiles.

Researchers in Israel discovered a hoard of 44 gold coins from the Byzantine Empire.

Using forensic technology, researchers reanimate medieval skulls.

Using forensic facial reconstruction, researchers reclassified a Stone Age skull as female.

Researchers in Wyoming have named a new species of plesiosaur defined by its long neck and snappy jaws.

Researchers in Israel discovered the earliest evidence of opium use at a burial site near Tel Aviv.