(CNN) — 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 ...

Archaeologists have identified what is believed to be the earliest known evidence of human mummification, predating those found in ancient Egypt by thousands of years. Published in the Proceedings of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new study, an international research team found that pre-Neolithic people in Southeast Asia were mummifying their died by ...

Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on Sept. 15 states that researchers found ...

Peering into an underground cavern in central Egypt, archaeologists came face-to-face with dozens of dusty ancient mummies and knew they’d uncovered something significant. Photos show some of the tomb ...

Researchers have discovered what they believe to be the earliest evidence of artificial mummification known to science, pushing back the timeline for the burial ritual to far before the time of the ...

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

The mummies are rising and they’re ready for the spotlight at the California Science Center. On Saturday, Feb. 7 the Los Angeles venue is welcoming back the traveling exhibition titled “Mummies of the ...

Archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb in Al Bahnasa and uncovered mummies with golden tongues, amulets and wall paintings, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Jam Press Scientists have discovered mummies dating as far back as 12,000 years, according to a new study These ...