The health status of people living in ancient times has remained under wraps—quite literally so in the case of Egyptian mummies. But thanks in part to developments in medical imaging ...

A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin, but sometimes organs ...

While the ancient Egyptians may be the best-known mummy makers, they were far from the first. A very sophisticated fishing tribe called the Chinchoros, who lived on the north coast of what is now ...

She outlines some of the important stages, including the removal of the ... of the amulets and jewellery that were placed on the mummies before they were buried. This clip is from BBC series ...

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...