Mummies

Much has changed in archaeology since Indy fought Nazis with bullwhip in hand.

Evidence of irrigation-associated diseases could mean that ancient Nubians were using their environment in ways that impacted their health.

Fifteen mummies had particulates in their lungs.

The ancient Egyptian Dog Catacombs revealed a startling find: the remains of millions of dogs.

One English brain weathered 2,500 years underground, and scientists want to know how.

The artificial big toes may be the world's first prosthetics.

Archaeologists uncover the burial chamber of a priest carved in a cliff face.

King Tut died of a combination of malaria and a bone disorder, new DNA analysis reveals.

New analysis of royal Egyptian mummy DNA suggests the identities of King Tut's parents.

Signs of heart disease in ancient people suggests that modern lifestyles are not entirely to blame.

The face of a long-dead mummy has been brought back to life through forensic science.

Researchers have found a mummified puppy at the feet of a human mummy.

Iceman may have accidentally drank water containing one of the mosses and used another to wrap food.

The Iceman likely has no modern-day relatives.

The possibility of twins for Tut also underscores the fact that conceiving twins is a common human story.

The glacier mummy called Iceman was likely a herdsman.

A mummy of a woman dating to Ancient Greek times has been discovered.

Two Mexican mummies had ulcers when they were alive.

Global warming unlocks tundra, with it some frozen corpses infected with smallpox.