The body of the middle-aged man who died around 3300 B.C. would become known as Ötzi or the Iceman who revealed what everyday ...

Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter. They ...

Liz and I paused among the ancient art to contemplate an Egyptian mummy that was more than 2,000 years old. An accompanying placard explained what we were seeing. The remains inside the ornate shell, ...

Libya's civil war has placed the Uan Muhuggiag mummy at risk. But negotiations are underway to transport the rare artifact ...

A new study may be rewriting what we thought we knew about the mummy. While Egypt and Chile usually steal the spotlight, a ...

Archaeologists have rediscovered a lost tomb that contains the mummy of an ancient Egyptian official. The tomb belonged to Ptahshepses, who lived around 4,400 years ago during the 25th and 24th ...

In a recent study, Dr. Claudine Abegg and her colleagues analyzed the remains of a mummified cranium housed in the ...

A study published in American Antiquity has redefined the story of early human settlement in North America. At the center of this transformation is the Spirit Cave Mummy, the oldest known mummy in the ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs. The remains of the intricately tattooed body ...

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 ...

Feeling ill? In 15th-century Europe, the remedy for your headache, stomach ailment, or cancer might come with a side of Egyptian mummy. For centuries, embalmed bodies were prized across the continent ...