Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Egyptians certainly knew how to preserve a human body. Sadly, few guides exist explaining the mummification process ...

A 3,500-year-old Egyptian medical text is shedding new light on the ancient practice of mummification. Recently discovered inside a much larger work, the papyrus document being studied by University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to ...

Using two legs from a cadaver, researchers in Switzerland baked one in an oven and covered the other in a salt solution to try to re-create ancient mummification. One method was successful. Freelancer ...

Mummification is usually associated with the age of Pharaohs, with the practice largely believed to have first arisen around 2200 BCE and hit its peak around 1000 BCE. But processes this complex don't ...

Researchers have utilized a new non-invasive paleoproteomic approach to extract ancient proteins from a 4000-year-old Egyptian mummy. The findings suggest the technique could be used to analyze ...

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 ...

Ancient Egyptians certainly knew how to preserve a human body. Sadly, few guides exist explaining the mummification process Ancient Egyptians used. As such, a recent discovery is more than just a cool ...