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, ...

Archaeologists were left surprised during an investigation inside the Tomba del Cerbero — a tomb located in Giugliano, Italy. Following an inspection with a microcamera, experts discovered it was ...

The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago have given us new insights into the ...

The tomb of the former boy-king was discovered in 1922 by English archaeologist Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon ...

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 ...

In the late 1940s, the Soviet Archaeology Institute dispatched Sergei Rudenko to explore burial mounds 3,000 miles away in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. The adventure did not disappoint.

Explore the life of the 'boy king,' the mystery of his death, his iconic gold mask, and the stunning discovery of his tomb.

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 ...