In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of ...

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 ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

A pair of Edmontosaurus specimens found in a Wyoming dig help researchers to understand the process that led them to be mummified. By Jack Tamisiea During a 1908 dig in Wyoming, the fossil hunter ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...