When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

Scientists have discovered 52 ancient Egypitan Mummies which date back to 2,000 years ago. Over a dozen of these have been found with rare golden tongues, which were believed to enable the deceased to ...

Mummies were used for shocking purposes throughout history that would sound quite bizarre today. The ways these ancient mummies were preserved in Egypt left a rich legacy of mummified remains, over ...

Scientists in Chile are battling extreme weather to keep mummies that have been buried for thousands of years under the ground. Skeletal remains have reportedly come to the surface after strong winds ...

The mummies of the world exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating run at the Museum of Idaho.

Dozens of cat mummies have been discovered along with a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles in seven Pharaonic Age tombs near Cairo, Egypt. The discovery was made by an Egyptian archaeological ...

A video has been released showing a dissection of a small three-fingered hand of one of the specimens, from which what appear to be small bones and a metal object are removed. Scientists and ...

The bodies had been buried hundreds of years after they had died DNA tests on British prehistoric mummies revealed they were made of body parts from several different people, arranged to look like one ...

The Chinchorro mummies of northern Chile, the oldest in the world purposefully preserved by humans, have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. The mummies, found at the start of the 20th century ...

The mummified remains were excavated from a burial site in Bologna, Italy, and are almost complete except for the feet. They ...

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

More than a dozen of the bodies are on display in glass cases at a mausoleum in San Bernardo, Colombia, high within the Andes and 40 miles southwest of the country's capital Bogota. Why they're so ...