Northern Arizona University, working with Peru’s Ministry of Culture, has uncovered four pristine mummies that could upend ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Learn more about Chinchorro mummies, some of the oldest in the world, and the mineral ingredient used to create them. The Chinchorro culture — a fishing and hunter-gatherer society that inhabited the ...

Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries. Researchers at the University of Southern California recently conducted virtual autopsies on two ...

Scientists at the world’s only mummy research institute are combing crypts and caverns for ancient remains—and using new tools to gather fresh insight about how our ancestors once lived. Unlike their ...