A 10,700-year-old mummy hidden in a Nevada cave has shattered everything scientists thought they knew about America’s ancient past—triggering a wave of controversy, a federal showdown, and a stunning ...

Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago have given us new insights into the ...

A 2,000-year-old sarcophagus has been opened revealing a remarkably preserved mummy. Discover the shocking details of this ...

Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Naples unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus—and the mummy inside was shockingly ...

KING Tutankhamun’s tomb is on the brink of collapse and could crumble down in a devastating disaster, archaeologists have ...

Polish researchers uncovered a 2,000-year-old mummy still carrying a fetus inside her womb, a one-of-a-kind archaeological ...

From the rediscovery of the “Lost Golden City” in Egypt to North America’s oldest footprints, 2021 reshaped our understanding ...

In 2014, locals near Zimapán, Mexico discovered a mummy in an ancient rock shelter. Scientists believe that the Zimapán man ...

Measuring what was believed to be the fetus’ skull, the term of the pregnancy was determined to be 26-30 weeks. The mummified skeleton of the lady also exhibited other characteristics that seemed to ...

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...

Left: The remains of a middle-aged woman at the Liyupo site in southern China, who was smoke-dried prior to burial about 8000 years ago. Right: A modern smoke-dried mummy of the Dani people in West ...