One does not simply start mummifying one’s dead. Mummification is a technically challenging business that involves sophisticated tricks for preparing a corpse. It’s also steeped in intricate cultural traditions. How does such a practice start?
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A detailed look at how Field Museum scientists scanned a mummy and reconstructed her skull, and how an artist in Paris brought her face to life. 
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A wooden statue of a king, a private offering chapel, a monumental building and remains of over 80 animal mummies found by a University of Toronto-led team in Abydos, Egypt reveal intriguing information about ritual activity associated with the...
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An ancient holy place in Egypt once known as the "Terrace of the Great God" reveals a wealth of new discoveries, from animal mummiesand human remains to a...
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Researchers in Canada have CT-scanned two mummified ibises from Egypt.
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A century ago, European explorers reported finding mummies with European features in Central Asia’s Tarim Basin. The mummies dated back up to 4000 years. During the classical period, several references to Europeans living in the region appear. In all likelihood, Europeans migrated eastward and formed settlements in the region.
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CT scans revealed how the coffin of the teenaged boy Minirdis was constructed.
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The 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and modern-day Mediterranean relatives...
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A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.
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Long Now Board Member David Eagleman recently had a very unusual visitor at his lab. At three thousand years of age, this is by far the oldest person Eagleman has ever put through a scanner.
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