mummies

The mysterious origins of hundreds of mummified bodies, known as the Tarim Basin Mummies, which were found buried in boats in an uninhabitable region of desert in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China, have been uncovered. The Tarim...

Mammoth mummies in Siberia refer to the preserved remains of woolly mammoths, an extinct species of elephant that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. Siberia is well-known for its vast, frozen tundra, and the extreme cold temperatures have played...

The largest embalming vessel cache ever found in Egypt was unearthed at Abusir, north of Giza, the location of the Great Pyramids. The amazing discovery, including vessels with the names of the dead who were to have been embalmed, was...

The Tollund Man, an unfortunate victim of human sacrifice in Iron Age Denmark, is a "bog body," one of a group of remarkably-well preserved ancient mummies.

DNA studies on Bronze Age Tarim mummies found in China's Xinjiang region revealed recently that not only were these people not descendants of Indo-Europeans that immigrated to the area -- they may in fact be the ancestors of Native...

Archaeologists near Cairo, Egypt recently uncovered a treasure trove filled with 250 mummies and countless ancient artifacts dating to around 500 BC. The stunning finds, which include statues of the ancient Egyptian gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet,...

The ten most fascinating things discovered about our human ancestors were not difficult to decide this past year, which was a banner year in the field of research into human history. From North America through Europe and Asia, scientists who...

During a news conference on Saturday, Egyptian antiquities officials announced stunning new finds at the burial site of Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country's capital. In what many consider one of the most important finds in recent memory, archaeologists...

Archaeologists have discovered more than 40 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era at a burial site in central Egypt, the country's antiquities ministry said on Saturday. The mummies, including the bodies of adults, children, and animals, had been laid...