Mummies

The identity of an Egyptian mummy has baffled archaeologists for centuries. Now they know what she may have looked like.

A hair sample from an ancient trophy head found buried in Peru reveals that the victim consumed a psychoactive plant prior to death.

CT scans of the child's mummy show that the toddler, a descendant of an Austrian count, died from a vitamin D deficiency due to lack of sunlight.

South American mummies were likely brutally murdered 1,000 years ago, and the evidence is still preserved today, a new study finds.

Researchers in Poland have revealed that a mysterious pregnant mummy from ancient Egypt shows signs of cancer.

These striking mummies and their burial goods hold the secrets of peoples' practices and beliefs.

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of a 1,500-year-old bird mummy that was mislabeled.

Researchers in Japan have begun a new study into a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to determine the exact origins of the gruesome remains.

Researchers studying the fetus found inside a pregnant Egyptian mummy claim the developing baby was "pickled like an egg," but some scientists disagree.

Very little is known about the identities of these child mummies.

Archaeologists have unearthed a mummy lying in a fetal position and bound by rope in Cajamarquilla, Peru.

Using genetic data, a forensic artist rebuilt the faces of three ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing each individual's likely appearance as a 25-year-old.

Here's how the idea of a "mummy's curse" got started.

The partially mummified remains of an urbane Pompeii resident have been discovered in a tomb outside the city center.

Researchers have analyzed the mummified bodies of two extinct Ice Age lion cubs in unprecedented detail.

The sheep specimen is a rare example of "natural" mummification.

The 22 mummies included 18 kings and four queens.