A lab mistake in 2004 led researchers to think they had found the remains of an extinct breed of horse at Pompeii. It seems that the animal was actually a donkey related to the Somali wild ass.   Exposure to sex hormones in the womb is thought to determine future finger length and adult behavior. If […]

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that a 3,400-year-old wall that once protected the Sphinx from desert winds has been uncovered on the Giza plateau. Here’s a summary of five papers published in the current issue of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. The topics include the use of cabbages to pay interest […]