Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

We have come to understand "mummy" as meaning a remarkably preserved body, a corpse that has withstood decay and putrefaction. (See Mummies of the World) By design or accident, the corpse's ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...