New research has been revealed, making a startling discovery inside one of history's most famous mummies.

Scientists found living yeast in Ötzi the Iceman's remains and used it to bake sourdough bread more than 5,300 years after ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright macabre. Among these is "mumia"—a medicinal substance derived from mummified ...