The faint scent lingering around ancient Egyptian mummies may hold far more information than previously imagined. By analyzing airborne chemical compounds released from embalmed remains, researchers ...

An international research team has extracted genome-wide ancient DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummified women buried in a Libyan rock shelter, identifying a deeply divergent human lineage that appears ...

Using advanced CT imaging, the team has discovered new details about the mummies’ health, lifestyles and humanity.

According to the researchers who have worked with them, not all that bad. They’ve used descriptors like woody, spicy, and ...

High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention in two ancient priests.

Scans of ancient Egyptian mummified children revealed that many of them suffered from a common illness that caused physical deformities. Researchers used CT scans to peer inside 21 mummies and found ...

A mummified body attributed to the Scythian culture of the Eurasian steppes has drawn renewed scholarly attention for what ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...

A 3,000-year-old mummy — purportedly buried in a ritual sacrifice — was discovered by archeologists who dug through eight tons of trash at a garbage dump in Peru. Traces of the grisly artifact were ...

The latest analysis of ancient vessels shows that plaques have long been a global — and common problem. Although atherosclerosis is linked to many of our modern-day habits — from our fat-laden diets ...