Museo EgizioFred, the Turin mummy. One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming. A new study published in the ...

The Siberian Ice Maiden, a well-preserved mummy unearthed on the steppes of eastern Russia in 1993, was a spectacular discovery. She was dressed in glorious finery—fine-woven wool skirt ...

POLICE have uncovered a creepy well-preserved mummy hidden in an alleged smuggler's house after a shock raid. The mummy is thought to be that of a Christian person from the Middle Ages.

Without a doubt, the ancient Egyptians are the experts in body preservation and mummification. However, they were not the ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

Archaeologists study one of the best preserved crocodile specimens ... Linen that once wrapped the mummies had long been consumed by insects. Examining the remains, team members were surprised ...

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

Some of the mummies evaluated for their scents were 5,000 years old. Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies ...

Six suspects were detained by authorities, according to Turkish press. The ancient mummy has now been handed over to experts for thorough analysis. Turkey is rich with historical sites making it a ...