Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Mummification can happen in all sorts of ways. It can be slow and steady, or as rapid as a matter of days. It can result in ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert may have begun mummifying their dead as a form of “art therapy” to help them process their grief following the loss of a loved one. More specifically, ...

Guanajuato, Mexico, has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1988, thanks to its colonial Spanish architecture, silver-mining history, and sites related to the Mexican Revolution. Its baroque ...

Clockwise from top left: Excavation of burial shaft, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith; cache of embalming vessels, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith On the western ...

For three years after his 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, archaeologist Howard Carter did not think much about an undecorated wooden box that turned out to contain two small resin-covered ...