Latest about mummies
Pristine DNA recovered from 1,600-year-old sheep mummy
The sheep specimen is a rare example of "natural" mummification.
Glitzy parade of 22 mummified pharaohs fills Cairo streets
The 22 mummies included 18 kings and four queens.
Ancient papyrus holds the world’s oldest guide to mummification
A newly discovered instruction manual for embalming mummies in ancient Egypt contains the earliest known description of these mysterious techniques.
Never-before-seen 'mud mummy' from Egypt discovered in wrong coffin
An ancient Egyptian mummy was damaged and then wrapped in an unusual mud carapace.
Mummy with a gold tongue found in Egypt
Archaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.
Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's trading partner
Ancient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months
A man who died of constipation more than 1,000 years ago survived on just grasshoppers for months, his mummy has revealed.
Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precision
High-energy X-ray scans of an intact Egyptian mummy mapped a detailed glimpse of the bones and objects inside.
