Mummy
'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research
The dinosaur, the fossil of an Edmontosaurus, was about 66 million years old.
Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers
Wyoming 'mummy' fossils show duck-billed dinosaur with hoofed feet, first proof of dinosaur hooves
CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks
Peruvian 'alien mummies' confirmed to be inhuman
Researchers confirm Mexican alien mummies are not human, but refrain from declaring them extraterrestrial. Are they wary of potential consequences?
Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years
In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.
Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru residential neighborhood
Mummies and ancient offerings have already been found in the Huaca Pucllana site, and experts see the site as a Pandora's Box with much more to be found.
Care to smell a mummy? This Denmark museum will let you
The scent of the afterlife unbottled in new study of ancient Egyptian mummification balms
Mummified bees from time of King Solomon found off coast of Portugal
Many such fossilized cocoons have been found, some going back 100 million years in the fossil record, yet none so far have been found with the preserved body of its occupant still inside.
Archaeologists in Peru find 3,000 year-old mummy in Lima
Students from San Marcos University and researchers initially found remains of the mummy's hair and skull in a cotton bundle during excavation, before uncovering the rest of the mummy.
Sudan fighters take over Khartoum museum, director says
Museum staff do not know the situation inside the museum because they halted work there after the conflict suddenly erupted on April 15, forcing police guarding the facility to quit.
Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground
The discovery was made after a year-long excavation near the sanctuary of the goddess Bastet, which is home to the catacombs of mummified cats in Saqqara.
Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle
The mummified adolescent was found in a "good state of conservation."
Mysterious contents of sealed Egyptian coffins revealed after 2,000 years
A team of scientists used modern non-invasive techniques to take a peek into ancient boxes that are still unopened all these years later.
