In the arid landscapes of southern Peru, around 1,100 years ago, someone carefully dug a small pit, laid down a woven mat and ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the scientific verification of a strange mummified specimen discovered in the Atacama Desert that ...

In 1991, hikers exploring the Tyrolean Alps between Italy and Austria discovered the mummified remains of a 5,300-year-old man. Since then, scientists have learned a lot about the mummy, nicknamed ...

More than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.

The dark secrets behind a mummified girl, whose remains were found at the top of a freezing cold volcano in South America, have been detailed for the first time. It comes are a brand new scientific ...

The Tampa Museum of Art is giving a glimpse of Ancient Egypt with a landmark new exhibition that brings world history ...

Gold miners in the Yukon have made a habit of finding ancient fossils and mummified animals for scientists as their equipment plows through permafrost. Recent finds include a fully mummified woolly ...

DNA analysis of mummified poop reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, and peanuts—and tobacco and cotton traces were detected too, ...

A mummified fossil fish was forgotten in a university basement until a son's chance discovery brought it back to science.