Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

Embalmers used salt to dry the bodies, then wrapped them in linens, sometimes writing prayers or including protective amulets ... featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of ...

Global public debt is elevated. It is projected to exceed US$100 trillion in 2024 and will rise over the medium term. This chapter shows that risks to the debt outlook are heavily tilted to the upside ...

These are the must-read YA books of November, featuring everything from contemporary coming-of-age tales to creepy horror ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...