The Gilded Lady mummy, intact since Roman-era Egypt (30 BCE–395 CE). The interior of the mummy was finally revealed in 2011 with CT scanning. (© 2015 The Field Museum, photo by John Weinstein) (click ...

The Chinchorro people of the Pacific coast turned the raw pain of loss into something enduring and visible, reshaping the bodies of their dead into carefully crafted figures that still hold their form ...

A small museum in Oklahoma holds a secret that most people would never expect to find in the middle of the country. Two ancient Egyptian mummies rest in glass cases, their painted sarcophagi still ...

Caput Mortuum—meaning “dead head”—also known as “mummy brown” was a rich brown pigment with an unpleasant source. From the 16th century onwards, the pigment was made from grinding up the dried flesh ...

Egyptian archaeologists completing their 10th season of excavations at Gerza, 75 miles southwest of modern day Cairo, have announced the excavation of two full mummy portraits and further fragmentary ...

If tattoos are prone to fading within a single human lifetime, imagine the wear-and-tear on the tattoos of 1,200-year-old mummies. An international team of researchers has, for the first time, used ...

Renowned artist Deasa Turner has recently captivated a new audience with her thought-provoking solo exhibition, “Glitter Glitter Bang Bang,” held at Taylor Fine Art in the Culver City Arts District.

Most people probably aren’t itching to take a whiff of the mummified remains of the long dead. But doing so can unlock new pieces of the past, according to a new study. “Many people have sniffed ...

A prominent Egyptologist has boldly claimed to have solved one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries: the location of Queen Nefertiti’s mummified remains. Zahi Hawass, the previous Minister of State for ...

These mummies predate even Ancient Egypt, but have begun deteriorating. Learn more about the mummies and the society that crafted them. Colorful bodies painted in vibrant reds or blacks, heads dressed ...