Mummies found so far date back 66 million years, a time when predatory giants were roaming Wyoming's Badlands.

A scan revealed that an Egyptian crocodile mummy preserves a fish caught on a bronze hook after more than 2,000 years.

LIMA, Peru -- A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country's capital city of Lima. Researchers from the National ...

The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming methods differ, but not all of them are studied equally well. In a first report ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish researchers ...

The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Scientists have discovered mummies dating as far back as 12,000 years, according to a new study These mummies are ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

Previously, some of the oldest mummies on earth were known to be in South America and dated back to about 7,000 years ago Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A ...