The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Well, that’s a wrap. It looks like heart disease and stroke aren’t just modern phenomena but instead have been around a long time. Like a really long time. CT scans of 237 adult mummies found evidence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Sereno and his colleagues spent years painstakingly preparing this Edmontosaurus annectens "mummy" unearthed in Wyoming, ...

Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time. Two colleagues at the French natural history museum were on opposite sides of issue. They hoped to ...

Thomas Pettigrew, a nineteenth-century surgeon and antiquarian, threw parties in London at which he unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummies for his guests’ titillation. Modern scanning technologies mean ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Mummies of the World exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating seven-month run at the Museum of Idaho. Nearly 50,000 guests have visited the museum so ...

Paul C. Sereno is President of the Scitopia Foundation, a 501c3 organization dedicated to science education in out-of-school time, with operations and a founding facility in planning in Chicago ...

Exceptionally preserved “dinosaur mummies” of the duck-billed Edmontosaurus have unveiled the first-known reptile hooves, offering unprecedented insights into their appearance. These remarkable ...

After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade ...