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The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures A fresh trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of Secrets has surfaced online, generating quite a stir with ...

A pregnant mummy may have kept a secret for thousands of years — one that went undiscovered by ancient embalmers and 20th century archaeologists. But now, upon re-examining the mummy, researchers ...

Archaeologists have used new high-resolution digital imaging to study tattoos on a 2,300-year-old “ice mummy” from Siberia’s Pazyryk culture. The technology allowed them to move beyond old drawings ...

For 3,000 years the mistakes made by the ancient Egyptians while preparing bodies for mummification were well-kept secrets. Those days are over. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ “Mummy: Secrets of ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered how an 800-year-old Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) mummy remained remarkably preserved and fragrant, shedding new light on ancient embalming practices in East ...