Researchers Find Brain-Scooping Spatula Inside Egyptian Mummy's Skull

Researchers Find Brain-Scooping Spatula Inside Egyptian Mummy's Skull

Experts at the British Museum used CT scans to examine eight mummies

1,700-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Found with Intact Brain But No Heart

1,700-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Found with Intact Brain But No Heart

Scientists don't know what happened to the removed heart

Scientists Find Intimate Tattoo on 1300-Year-Old Egypt Mummy

Scientists Find Intimate Tattoo on 1300-Year-Old Egypt Mummy

The tattoo has been discovered on the inner tight of a female mummy

Scientists Discover World's Oldest Cheese on Chest of 3,500-Year-Old Mummies

Scientists Discover World's Oldest Cheese on Chest of 3,500-Year-Old Mummies

Yellow crumbs were found in an ancient tomb in China's Taklamakan Desert

Mummification Company Promises People a Pharaoh-like Burial

Mummification Company Promises People a Pharaoh-like Burial

The company is based in Utah, US, says it can mummify both people and animals

  • Oddiverse
  • By Alexandra Botezatu
  • November 22nd, 2013
Grieving Woman Sleeps in Bed with Dead Husband for 1 Year

Grieving Woman Sleeps in Bed with Dead Husband for 1 Year

The mummified remains of the man were laying in the same spot he died

Georgia Woman Has Mummified Son's Body with Alcohol for 18 Years

Georgia Woman Has Mummified Son's Body with Alcohol for 18 Years

Tsiuri Kvaratskhelia even gives her son a yearly change of clothes

N.M. Mummified Body Belonged to Author Barbara Salinas-Norman

N.M. Mummified Body Belonged to Author Barbara Salinas-Norman

She was a Chicana activist and wrote children's books

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 11th, 2013
5,300-Year-Old Iceman Had Awful Teeth, Probably Bad Breath

5,300-Year-Old Iceman Had Awful Teeth, Probably Bad Breath

Ötzi the Iceman gets to see a dentist for the first time ever

  • History
  • By Cristina Macari
  • December 8th, 2012
Largest Egyptian Sarcophagus Revealed

Largest Egyptian Sarcophagus Revealed

The tomb, dated over three millenniums ago, unveils unusual construction

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 29th, 2012
New Hepatitis B Insights Gained from Ancient Mummy

New Hepatitis B Insights Gained from Ancient Mummy

The remains were discovered in South Korea by an international team

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 10th, 2011
Impressive Egyptian Sarcophagus Found in the UK

Impressive Egyptian Sarcophagus Found in the UK

The priceless relic was discovered at the Torquay Museum

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 18th, 2008
Tutankhamun, I Am Your Father

Tutankhamun, I Am Your Father

New finding suggests Akhenaten may have been King Tut's father

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • October 24th, 2008
Malaria Also Killed Ancient Egyptians

Malaria Also Killed Ancient Egyptians

Evidence of the disease found in 3,500-year-old mummies

Ancient People Also Had Gastric Infections

Ancient People Also Had Gastric Infections

Evidence of H. pylori causing gastric infections in Native Americans found

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" for Mobiles Is Out

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" for Mobiles Is Out

Offered by Gameloft and Universal Pictures

  • Nature
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 4th, 2008
New Duckbill Fossil Found in Montana

New Duckbill Fossil Found in Montana

Mummy of the same species discovered in the same location eight years ago

 
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