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.

Dinosaur, edmontosaurus close up with open mouth. Ukraine, Khmelnitsky, October 2021.
Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers.

Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers

Wyoming 'mummy' fossils reveal duck-billed dinosaur with hoofed feet, first evidence of hooves in dinosaurs.

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.

CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks


Ancient mummies found in Pyramid of King Amenemhat II

Archaeologists have dated the mummies to the Late Period, and Waziri said three of them were considered to be in good condition.

A police officer patrols the Giza Pyramids on his camel on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December

Once overlooked, 2,500-year old coffin may offer clues into ancient Egypt

A 2,500-year old coffin that may contain a mummy lies at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia March 27, 2018

Egypt archaeologists unearth goldsmith's tomb near Luxor

The site includes a courtyard and niche where a statue of the goldsmith Amenemhat and his wife and one of his sons, as well as two burial shafts.

Pyramid in Egypt

Egypt uncovers chamber of 17 mummies

The mummies have not yet been dated but are believed to date to Egypt's Greco-Roman period, a roughly 600-year span that followed the country's conquest by Alexander the Great.

A number of mummies are seen inside the newly discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt May 13, 2017

Examination of 16th-century mummy bears fruit

Liver biopsy by Israeli-Korean team leads to better understanding of hepatitis B.

Korean mummy 370

Mummy dearest

Retired medical researcher Daphna Manor’s new exhibition focuses on Fayum mummy portraits, lifelike paintings that were buried with the departed in ancient times.

Daphna Manor compares art to scientific research.