Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...

Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ancient artifacts.

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm.

Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a submerged port and a tunnel at Taposiris Magna, a site linked by many to Cleopatra's tomb ...

Discover the shocking discovery of the world's oldest mummies, rewriting the history of ancient burial practices.

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken landscape near the ruins of Taposiris Magna.

A gold bracelet that belonged to an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh has gone missing from a museum. Ports and airports have been put ...

World's oldest mummy, dating back 7,000 years, discovered in South America's Chimborazo region. Preserved by smoke and minerals, the well-preserved body challenges Egypt's mummification belief.

The human remains predate Chile's Chinchorro mummies and the famously preserved pharaohs of ancient Egypt by millennia ...

The world’s oldest human mummies were preserved using smoke drying techniques 10,000 years ago, new research has found. A ...

This finding documents smoke-dried mummification of the dead, mostly in tightly bound crouched postures, from archaeological ...