Scientists found a mummy's abdomen filled with wood and fabric—but it's how they got in there that's strange. Reading time 2 minutes When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient ...

For centuries, ground-up mummy was a medical mainstay in Europe – but that was far from the only way that ancient remains ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 To mummify their dead, the Ancient Egyptians needed to acquire exotic ingredients from faraway places. Nikola Nevenov When we think of Ancient Egypt, there ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered several ancient mummies with solid-gold tongues in their mouths. The bizarre finding was made when preserved corpses were unearthed at the Quweisna necropolis in ...

Around 2,600 years ago, a small ceramic bowl sat in a subterranean workshop. Carrying hints of cedar and honey, the bowl was used by Egyptian embalmers to blend essential oils and beeswax for the ...

Explore the history of mummies with this straightforward guide. You will discover the exact biological processes and rituals ...

The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Around 2,500 years old, the 31 jars were discovered in an ...

In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of artificial mummification among the Chinchorro people may have evolved as a ...