An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

“In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies,” said Cecilia ... used both chemical analysis and a panel of human sniffers to evaluate the odors from nine ...

The exhibition of human remains is only allowed in 'essential' cases, and when displayed, they must be correctly documented and contextualized. Replica of a Guanche mummy. (photo credit ...

radiocarbon dating determined that the "Iceman" died sometime between 3350 and 3300 BC—making him the oldest well-preserved mummy in the world. In 1972, hunters found the best preserved human ...

A former food delivery driver has been detained in Peru after police learned he was in possession of a mummified human — which could be 600 to 800 years old. Police found the mummified remains ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...

The set crew came upon a mummy, painted in Day-Glo red and hanging from a wall by a noose. Set decorator Chris Haynes thought it looked “awful real,” he later recalled in a BBC2 documentary.