For centuries, Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis has guarded its dead beneath layers of desert sand. Just south of Cairo, this sprawling burial ground once served as the cemetery for ancient Memphis, a city ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Austrian scientists have discovered a bizarre and previously unknown embalming method used on a centuries old mummy found in a ...

An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from the ancient Caral civilization of Peru. The woman was buried with luxury ...

Researchers have uncovered the reason an “unusual” 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria – and it’s highly abnormal. A study about the mummy was recently published in the journal ...

Scientists found a mummy's abdomen filled with wood and fabric—but it's how they got in there that's strange. Reading time 2 minutes When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient ...

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. Researchers have uncovered the reason an "unusual" 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria – and it's highly ...