Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial Egyptian mummified person. The body of the individual, originally believed ...

A fun-loving man who says he was ‘nuts’ requested in his will to be buried in a Snickers-themed coffin, and a funeral home ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

The Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibition opened in Tokyo last week following the success of its US and European ...

The coffin of Mary Kielty is carried past her family home on Main ... She looks at me and says nothing. "I said, ‘Mummy, do ...

The "exciting" artefact - used to cut peat and moss - was found during excavation work in Edinburgh. A dig finds two burials, Bronze Age pottery, and remains of an Iron Age and Roman farming ...

"We just think this is the final nail in the coffin unless we get some financial help or some compensation from the council." A Leeds City Council spokeswoman said: “As previously stated, planning ...

The process of culling the smell from the casket was cumbersome, as it had to be done without touching the mummy, so as to avoid any sort of contamination that can lead to it rotting sooner than ...

The display case for Mrs Ward's coffin was topped with a large purple crown, purple and white flowers and a flower display which said 'Mummy'. It had a red and white flag attached to it ...