Analyzing samples of mummies from different dynastic periods showed how the mixtures of substances used in mummification ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing ...

Thomas Pettigrew, a nineteenth-century surgeon and antiquarian, threw parties in London at which he unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummies for his guests’ titillation. Modern scanning technologies mean ...

Cocaine didn't make its way across the Atlantic until after the Spanish invaded. So how did cocaine end up being found on ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have reportedly made an extraordinary discovery. In the sands of Luxor, a hidden chamber was recently ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry. DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Mummies of the World exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating seven-month run at the Museum of Idaho. Nearly 50,000 guests have visited the museum so ...

Famed archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass believes he is close to discovering the long-lost tomb of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Hawass, an Egyptologist and the former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summer Decker, PHD, (left) 3D Imaging Lead for Keck Medicine of USC, and Diane Perlov, PHD, (right), Senior Vice President for ...

Do mummies belong in museums? The instinctive answer may be “yes,” but that answer might change when you consider what a mummy actually is. A mummy, simply put, is a body that’s unusually well ...

A self-published paper by retired paleontologist Clifford Miles claimed that Nazca mummies from Peru represented a new family ...

High in the cloud forests of northern Peru, there’s a mountain lagoon surrounded by cliffs and dense jungle. Laguna de los ...