Mummies
On the trail of the world’s best mummy sleuths
The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual
The mummies forged through fire and ice
Cheetah mummies provide rare genome from a lost population
Here are 6 amazing ancient tattoos—and the stories behind them
They mummified a human with ancient tools. It got messy.
What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened
The gory history of Europeans eating mummies for health
Scientists reconstruct the tattoos of a 2,000-year-old ice mummy
Who was King Tut, the teen pharaoh who captivated the world?
Explore the elaborate tomb of Nefertari
This is the face of an ancient Egyptian who lived 4,500 years ago
These crocodile mummies are unraveling a mystery
The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia
We finally know how the world’s oldest cheese was made
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