Mummies

On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

 English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on February 16, 2026.
Summer Decker, PHD, (left) 3D Imaging Lead for Keck Medicine of USC, and Diane Perlov, PHD, (right), Senior Vice President for special projects at the California Science Center, examine ancient Egyptian mummy Nes-Min before he is scanned, February 6, 2026.

More alike than you think: CT scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal back pain, dental issues

Two dinosaur skeletons, an Allosaurus and a Camptosaurus discovered in Wyoming, are reconstructed ahead of an auction at Artcurial auction house in Paris, France, November 13, 2018.

Wyoming dinosaur 'mummies' reveal a surprise: hoofed feet

Smoked mummies kept in private households in Papua, Indonesia, photographed in January 2019.

Study: Oldest mummies predate ancient Egypt by 6,000 years


Cats, dogs, and dung beetles: Discovering the animal world of ancient Egypt

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets

NIR OR LEV Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Mummies are disappearing from museums. Here’s why

The exhibition of human remains is only allowed in 'essential' cases, and when displayed, they must be correctly documented and contextualized.

 Replica of a Guanche mummy.

How do mummies smell? Like pine, cedar, juniper, myrrh, and frankincense

Researchers find that aromatic resins used in mummification continue to produce sweet, woody, and spicy scents.

 How do mummies smell? Like pine, cedar, juniper, myrrh, and frankincense.

Incredible precision: Scientists reveal intricate 1,200-year-old tattoo designs on Peruvian mummies

LSF technology has revealed detailed fine-line tattoos with intricate designs as narrow as 0.1-0.2 mm, showcasing an incredible level of precision that exceeds today's tattooing methods.

 Incredible precision: Scientists reveal intricate 1,200-year-old tattoo designs on Peruvian mummies.

Partially mummified child's corpse discovered in century-old Austrian school basement

The police are currently investigating how long the remains had been in the school cellar and how they ended up there.

 Palm consecration on Palm Sunday in Vöcklabruck district, Upper Austria.

Peru's congress conducts hearing on alleged extraterrestrial 'Nazca mummies'

However, the authenticity of the so-called tridactyl mummies has been widely disputed by the scientific community.

 Mexican ufologist Jaime Maussan presented two supposed "non-human" bodies found in Peru.

Ancient Egyptian baboon mummy hints at existence of lost mythical city

Ancient baboon's DNA may reveal enigmatic 'god's country'.

 Baboons were often used as ritual offerings in ancient Egypt