A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

Research has unveiled the genetic composition of an ancient Egyptian who lived around 4,500 years ago, revealing he had both North African and Iraqi ancestry in his DNA. The ongoing National Egyptian ...

Old friends, new tales : the mummies and coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science / Michele L. Koons -- A history of research and exploring new narratives : contextualizing the Denver Museum ...

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 ...