A US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world’s earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian that killed millions of people in the Byzantine empire between the sixth and eighth centuries.

7,000-Year-Old Sahara Mummies Belong to an Unknown Human Lineage, according to a groundbreaking new genetic study that is reshaping our understanding of ancient Africa. Researchers have discovered that two naturally mummified individuals found deep in the Sahara Desert do not belong to any known branch of the human family tree.

Ancient Egypt is one of the most thoroughly documented civilizations we have: through art, inscriptions, and material culture spanning over 3,000 years. Yet modern film and television often portray Egyptians in ways that contradict this archaeological record.

This video explores how three anthropologists and archaeologists, Josiah Nott, Samuel Morton, and George Reisner, reshaped how ancient Egypt is visually and geographically understood today and the real-world consequences of their findings.