The intricate mysteries of ancient Egyptian mummification are being unraveled at Semmelweis University in Hungary, where researchers have employed a state-of-the-art photon-counting CT scanner to ...

Two ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and another for animals — have been discovered at Saqqara in Egypt. The workshops date back around 2,300 years and were in use between the late ...

Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery is made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in the Sado Valley in Portugal, dating to 8,000 years ...

Mummification is one of the most fascinating practices from ancient history, especially in Ancient Egypt. It was a careful ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have identified what is believed to be the earliest known evidence of human mummification, predating those ...

Mummies are bodies of people or animals preserved after death. The process of mummification used by ancient cultures that preserved their dead for hundreds, even thousands, of years differs from more ...

In honor of the "Mummies of the World" exhibit on display Feb. 10-Sept. 2 at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, here are answers to five top questions about mummies. When most people think of ...

An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa ...