Mummies

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.

New findings pin blame for lice on Vikings, not Christopher Columbus.

Archaeologists find Incan kids were fattened up prior to sacrifice.

Hair is a better source of ancient DNA than bone or muscle, a woollymammoth study suggests.

An artificial big toe has been found on the foot of an Egyptian mummy

A 500-year-old liver from a child mummy holds hepatitis B.

There's a new gal in town and she's 3,500 years old.