Dr Joann Fletcher visits an Italian museum in Turin to examine the process of mummification. She outlines some of the important stages, including the removal of the brain and organs and the use of ...

Following research, pupils can write a set of instructions as to how to carry out the mummification process. This film is relevant for teaching History at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern ...

Dr Stephen Buckley, an archaeologist from the University of York, told BBC News that this mummy "literally embodies the embalming that was at the heart of Egyptian mummification for 4,000 years".

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 ...

In a previous study, researchers took tiny samples of the 3,500-year-old cheese that bedecked the mummies’ necks. An analysis of proteins in those bits revealed the presence of Lactobacillus ...

With CT scans, Egyptologists can see remains in unprecedented detail without unwrapping them. Here are eight recent findings using this technology that changed the way we think of mummies. Advances in ...

Welcome to our Brummie Mummies section, bringing you the best ideas for things to do with the family. We have lots of top tips and handy guides for mums and dads with children of all ages.

Scientists retrieved ancient kefir cheese from Tarim Basin mummies dating back 3,500 years from the Xiaohe cemetery located in Xinjiang, Western China. By analyzing the DNA of Bronze Aged cheese ...

Indie game developer and publisher Lost Turnip has confirmed the official release date for their latest title, Run From Mummies. We now know that the 2D action-adventure game, in which you explore ...

One of these is San Francisco-based cartoon Mummies Alive!, which ran for a single, 42-episode season in 1997. Let us now listen to the theme tune: a song drenched in exposition, vague nods to the ...

Experts have begun dissecting humanoid, three-fingered “alien mummies” found in Peru last year — uncovering what they say could be a metallic “alien implant” wedged onto the specimen’s ...