One of the most significant finds was uncovered at the Con Co Ngua site in Vietnam, where archaeologists discovered a total of 267 pre-Neolithic burials. The location seems to challenge assertions ...

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

The disease has been around for centuries; mummies of dynastic Egypt were found affected as far back as 3000 BC. It is ...

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

It may be Rachel Weinz and Brendan Fraser's fault, but whenever we think of mummies, we can't help but imagine Egypt. This ...

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

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.

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

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