Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

In a remarkable intersection of modern urban development and ancient history, utility workers in Lima, Peru, unearthed a ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy -- believed to be of an adult individual -- in Peru's capital, Lima. The mummy, which was discovered at the Huaca Pucllana archaeological site in ...

Ötzi made international headlines when he was found by a pair of climbers, sticking out of an ice patch high in the Italian alps. When he was found, Ötzi had already been dead for about 5,300 years, ...

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 ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A mummy known as the "Screaming Woman," for obvious reasons, has left scientists baffled ever since being discovered. But a new study of this ancient Egyptian woman's mummified ...

The incredibly preserved mummified body of a teenage girl ritualistically killed an estimated 500 years ago goes by many names in modern culture: Inca Maiden, La Doncella, and Llullaillaco Maiden to ...

Utility workers in Lima, Peru, uncovered a 1,000-year-old mummy while digging trenches for a natural gas line. The remarkably well-preserved remains, including intact dark brown hair, were found just ...