The Debrief

12,000-Year-Old Evidence Reveals Smoke-Drying Mummies Preceded Egypt’s Pyramids

A new study suggests that the people of ancient southern China and Southeast Asia practiced mummification by curing bodies ...
New Scientist

Cheetahs naturally turned into mummies in caves in Saudi Arabia

The constant temperature and low humidity of a cave network in Saudi Arabia turned cheetahs, some of which died thousands of ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Goodbye to what we thought about Egypt – world’s oldest mummies found in Asia, changing history

It may be Rachel Weinz and Brendan Fraser's fault, but whenever we think of mummies, we can't help but imagine Egypt. This ...
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Mummy Mia: USU anthropologists present research on mummified remains

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

Archaeologists have just discovered the oldest mummies in the world, and they were nowhere near Egypt (they date back 10,000 years!)

While it was thought that mummification first occurred in Egypt or Chile, a new study reveals that hunter-gatherers in Asia were already mummifying their dead 12,000 years ago.

Gizmodo Science Fair: An Experiment to Recreate the Smell of Ancient Mummies

Analytical chemists successfully reproduced the smells of Ancient Egyptian mummies—without ever having to touch the artifacts ...
The National

Scientists discover 'smoke-dried' mummies that could be world's oldest

Scientists may have found what are thought to be the world's oldest mummies in southeastern Asia. A study published in the ...
Scoop Empire on MSN

Paris Gets Scent-Sational With Ancient Egypt Perfume Exhibition

Paris just got a whiff of ancient Egypt! Egypt’s Ambassador to France, Alaa Youssef, officially opened the “Perfumes of Ancient Egypt” exhibition at Maison d’Égypte. The showcase, running free of ...

Smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': Study

Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...

Scientists Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Mummies — and They Are Thousands of Years Older Than the Ones in Egypt

Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A new study published in the journal Proceedings ...
Prescott eNews

Oldest mummified remains discovered in Southeast Asia, scientists say – Associated Press

This undated combination photo provided by Hirofumi Matsumura shows a crouched mummy in Guangxi, China, with burn marks on ...
Monocle

Tutankhamun has a new stage in Egypt. Meet the architect behind its creation

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening. We meet the CEO of Atelier Brückner, Shirin Frangoul-Brückner, who took on ...