A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s ...

Under scrutiny, the purportedly 2,500-year-old body raised a lot of eyebrows and even more questions.

Trying to re-create the scents and smells of the past is a daunting challenge, given the ephemeral nature of these olfactory cues. Now scientists have identified the compounds in the balms used to ...

In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of artificial mummification among the Chinchorro people may have evolved as a ...

“Mummies of the World,” a traveling exhibit parked at the Connecticut Science Center through Sept. 4, is a fascinating, educational exhibit showing mummified corpses from Egypt, Peru, Ecuador, Germany ...