Some of the world's best known mummies were created accidentally, when a body's final resting place happened to prevent the natural process of decay. But many cultures around the world have sought ...

Before his discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, it's rumored that Howard Cater, the renowned Egyptologist, ...

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

Julia Felton Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:10 a.m. | Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:10 a.m. Carnegie Science Center is extending its popular Mummies of the World exhibition as the museum reopens after ...

Historian and biologist José Viera y Clavijo described the cave in which "no less than a thousand mummies" were found ... by many museums around the world, from the British Museum to the Museum ...

"This is the oldest known cheese sample ever discovered in the world," says paleontologist Qiaomei Fu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Food items like cheese are extremely difficult to ...

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an impressive collection of mummies.

But mummies dating as far back as 100 A.D have ... and 3300 B.C.—making him the oldest well-preserved mummy in the world. In 1972, hunters found some of the best ever naturally-preserved human ...

For anyone who has ever wanted to see the results of mummification via both natural processes and intentional practices, the Mummies of the World exhibition is a highly anticipated close-up ...