Mummy
Bread dead redemption: Scientists bake sourdough with yeast grown in 5,300-year-old mummy
Sarhan also told AFP the team would consider using the yeast to brew beer, but the published study focused on more serious uses for their discovery.
Mummy CT scan reveal ancient Egyptian might've suffered from osteoperosis
CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century - study
Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations
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.
Ancient mummy found in fetal position inside cooler bag in Peru
Photos from the scene show the mummy in a fetal position, wrapped in bandages, inside a cooler bag for the Latin American food delivery service Pedidos Ya.
Ancient Egypt's mummification ingredients came from far-flung locales
Long before the preservation methods of today came to life, ancient Egyptians had to use unique local remedies to prepare mummies.
Egyptian mummy covered in golden foliage could be the oldest ever discovered
The mummy, found with three others, is thought to be one of the best-preserved and oldest discovered in Egypt.
