For thousands of years, humans have used various methods to preserve their dead—by embalming, drying out or otherwise shielding bodies from decay. While the most famous examples come from ancient ...

Thomas Pettigrew, a nineteenth-century surgeon and antiquarian, threw parties in London at which he unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummies for his guests’ titillation. Modern scanning technologies mean ...

Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

NEW YORK – Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

The world’s oldest human mummies were preserved using smoke drying techniques 10,000 years ago, new research has found. A study of dozens of corpses found across 11 burial sites in Southeast Asia and ...

Two dinosaur mummies have been discovered, but the way they have been preserved has fascinated researchers. When we think of mummies, our minds tend to refer to the wrapped mummies of ancient Egypt, ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remains of a mysterious mummy nicknamed the “air-dried chaplain” were stored in the crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, a ...