A team of researchers from Ludwig Maximilian and Tübingen Universities in Germany, in cooperation with the National Research Center in Cairo, discovered some of the secrets of the ancient Egyptian ...

In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of ...

The Ancient Egyptians believed it would grant them life after death, but the secrets of how they managed to mummify human bodies have been largely lost to history. Now scientists have attempted to ...

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old burial shaft and mummification workshop buried deep underground. Today experts shared details of their amazing discovery - after uncovering the ...

The Chinchorro people, who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru beginning around 7000 BC, developed the earliest known artificial mummification techniques - ...

Preserving a dead body was a widespread practice, common to many societies of the past. Perhaps the most well-known rituals belong to the ancient Egyptians, who kept corpses intact through a process ...

Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret beat David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet and Professor Brian Cox’s Stargazing Live at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards for 2011, winning the Science ...

Drop the Chanel, for researchers have recreated what they're describing as the "scent of eternity" once deemed fit for an Ancient Egyptian noblewoman. Beeswax, plant oil, and tree resin were among the ...

Perfume companies love to give their products names like Eternity and Forever. But now scientists really have bottled the 'scent of eternity', thanks to the Ancient Egyptians. Researchers have ...

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