Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive ... when a body's final resting place happened to prevent the natural process of decay.

But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive ... when a body's final resting place happened to prevent the natural process of decay.

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain ... may be how it originated in the first place. The late Egyptologist Dominic ...

The researchers examined around 100 mummies from coastal Peru’s Chancay culture – a civilization that flourished before the Inca empire and the arrival of Europeans. All the individuals had ...

Aristos joined Newsweek in 2018 from IBTimes UK and had previously worked at The World ... detailed tattoo designs on the skin of ancient mummies from Peru, a study reports. Tattoos were a ...

Dr. Ruiz claimed that Antonio had a stab wound ... to proving the mummies are real said that 'more will be revealed in 2025' about the creatures, specifically the secret place for where the ...

After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence, or L.S.F., an imaging tool that until now had never been applied to tattoos, scientists discovered lines 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters ...

The researchers examined around 100 mummies from coastal Peru’s Chancay culture – a civilization that flourished before the Inca empire and the arrival of Europeans. All the individuals had ...

opening tombs dating from the Ptolemaic era (305 B.C. to 30 B.C.) in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus that featured 13 mummies with gold amulets in place of tongues. The Egyptian Ministry of ...