Polish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and computer tests revealed instead it was a mummy of a woman who had been ...

A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara that have no genetic ties to modern humans, suggesting that many lineages have vanished over time. This unsettling finding ...

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.

It has long been known that the Sahara Desert, today one of the driest and most inhospitable regions in the world, was quite the opposite thousands of years ago. Around 14,800 to 5,500 years ago, ...

India, May 29 -- It remains a mystery whether the conehead mummies found in Peru are human or alien, some say. The latest DNA testing on the ancient skulls failed to find any evidence that they were ...

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 ...

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 ...