Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. With her mouth wide open, forever locked in what seemed like a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in a tomb near Luxor in 1935. Still … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. With her mouth wide open, forever locked in what seemed like a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in a tomb near Luxor in 1935. Still … Read more
From a flaky skull ‘as flat as a pizza’ found at the bottom of a cave in northern Iraq, the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named ‘Shanidar Z’ has been reconstructed. With her calm and thoughtful expression, Shanidar Z looks like a thoughtful, approachable and even friendly middle-aged woman. She is a far cry … Read more