Egyptian mummies are historically important and a popular source of interest for people even today. These mummies provide ...

The Chinchorro people of the Pacific coast turned the raw pain of loss into something enduring and visible, reshaping the ...

The Chinchorro people, who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru beginning around 7000 BC, developed the earliest known artificial mummification techniques - ...

The Gilded Lady mummy, intact since Roman-era Egypt (30 BCE–395 CE). The interior of the mummy was finally revealed in 2011 with CT scanning. (© 2015 The Field Museum, photo by John Weinstein) (click ...

But Putnam Museum officials want desperately to know more about the beloved female mummy — believed to be 3,000 years old — which is a longtime part of the collection there, and another, unnamed mummy ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — The Museum of Idaho is showcasing a world-class traveling exhibition, Mummies of the World, opening May 31, 2025. The exhibit showcases one of the largest collections of ...

MEXICO CITY (WKRC) - An archeological group is up in arms after one of their beloved mummies lost theirs. The organization blames the city government for improper handling of the ancient specimen. The ...

After fungus was found, experts say an exhibit of mummies in Mexico may pose a health risk to humans. The display has traveled to the United States in the past, and appeared in a recent tourism fair ...