The 111 mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico, have faces frozen in eternal screams. Their eerie expressions make it look like these ancient remains have just witnessed something shocking. But don't worry ...

Preserving a frozen mummy is no easy task. There is no manual to turn to, and few individuals have experience in this area. The handling of each new discovery must rely on suggestions from others ...

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...

These mummies are estimated to be 900 years old ... because only her head has been preserved. On the head you can still see her hair and eyelashes, and her face has a green tint due to the copper ...

Mummies of these figures are meticulously preserved and offer crucial historical information. Egyptian mummies are historically important and a popular source of interest for people even today.

We find that the preserved skin fluoresced strongly underneath ... far back as Ötzi the Iceman—Europe’s oldest-known human mummy. Whether revolutionizing the field or just adding a tool ...

Archaeologists in Egypt just unearthed 30 ancient wooden coffins and opened them to reveal perfectly preserved mummies inside. A dig team stumbled upon the sarcophagi in the Asasif necropolis of ...