Gayle Anderson previews the new California Science Center exhibition Mummies of the World. Explore more than 30-naturally and ...

Thousands of animals — from crocodiles to cobras, down to scarab beetles — were once mummified in ancient Egypt. New analysis of the dyes on the textiles that tightly bound these mummies is now ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

Newly excavated Egyptian tombs dating back roughly 4,000 years are yielding a cache of rare relics that is reshaping how I understand life and death along the Nile. From intact jewelry hoards and ...

The Walters Art Museum has mummies all wrapped up. Visitors will have a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with human and animal mummies in the focus show “Mummified,” on display at the ...

Scientists have used 3D imaging to examine the contents of three mummified animals -- a cat, a snake and a bird of prey -- to provide unprecedented insight into how they died, all without damaging the ...

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Dinosaur “mummies” couldn’t ...

The mummies are rising and they’re ready for the spotlight at the California Science Center. On Saturday, Feb. 7 the Los ...