Egyptian mummies are historically important and a popular source of interest for people even today. These mummies provide information to archeologists and researchers about the culture and common ...

The mummies of the world exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating run at the Museum of Idaho.

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists are using high-tech tools to help solve the mystery of how the Canary Islands came to be inhabited. This mummy once rested in a fabled Tenerife cave whose location was lost to history, ...

An estimated 3,000-year-old mummy believed to be from the Manchay civilization was discovered by archaeologists digging at a trash dump site near Lima, the capital of Peru. Students from San Marcos ...

Old friends, new tales : the mummies and coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science / Michele L. Koons -- A history of research and exploring new narratives : contextualizing the Denver Museum ...

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber. The ...