Archaeologists have uncovered 40 perfectly preserved mummies — including 10 children — in the desert province of Minya, Egypt. Found inside ancient tombs, the discovery spans the Ptolemaic to ...

The reconstructions are based on the skulls of four mummified individuals who had masks tightly fitted on their faces.

Their Yorkshire home hit the headlines in 2018 after a mummified corpse was found, yet the reclusive Japanese family still ...

As part of Utah State University’s Science Unwrapped program, anthropologists Sascha Baldauf and Molly Cannon presented their ...

The researchers said findings confirmed that many of the remains had been smoke-dried over fire for extended periods before burial in a process of mummification. Burials with partially burned skeletal ...

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

But unlike Egypt or Chile, where extensive mummies have been uncovered, that have dry environments where the drying out can occur naturally, southeast Asia is humid, hot and wet, according to the ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years.

Tightly packed human remains in odd positions were likely smoked and mummified in ancient southeast Asia. Hung, et al (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences As the spooky season ...