Thomas Mulligan examines the scientific verification of a strange mummified specimen discovered in the Atacama Desert that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human ...

Should museums display mummified human remains? One institution in England has decided to ask visitors for their take on this ethical dilemma. The Manchester Museum is encouraging guests to share ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright macabre. Among these is "mumia"—a medicinal substance derived from mummified ...

When a research team from Eurac Research entered the warehouses of the National Archaeological Museum in La Paz a couple of years ago, they were stunned to find more than 50 mummified individuals and ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The ...

Firefighters in Northeast Philadelphia discovered a “mummified” body inside a home after they extinguished a fire early Monday morning, prompting an investigation from local law enforcement. Officials ...

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