Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

For more than a century, archaeologists have searched for the legendary Queen Nefertiti, Egypt’s most mysterious ruler. Now, groundbreaking DNA analysis and fresh clues from a hidden tomb deep in the ...

It may be Rachel Weinz and Brendan Fraser's fault, but whenever we think of mummies, we can't help but imagine Egypt. This ...

CAIRO — A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on Sept. 15 states that researchers found ...

Human remains were found in crouched positions, often with scorch marks - Hirofumi Matsumura The world’s oldest mummies have been found in burial sites in China and Vietnam, scientists have said.

The human remains predate Chile's Chinchorro mummies and the famously preserved pharaohs of ancient Egypt by millennia ...

Southeast Asian groups mummified bodies over smoky fires before burying them as early as 12,000 years ago, long before Egyptians began making mummies.