Mummification is one of the most fascinating practices from ancient history, especially in Ancient Egypt. It was a careful process used to preserve the body after death so the soul could continue its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Egyptians certainly knew how to preserve a human body. Sadly, few guides exist explaining the mummification process ...

In an innovative endeavor to create a sensory bridge to the ancient past, a team of researchers led by Barbara Huber of the MPI of Geoanthropology has recreated one of the scents used in the ...

An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 To mummify their dead, the Ancient Egyptians needed to acquire exotic ingredients from faraway places. Nikola Nevenov When we think of Ancient Egypt, there ...

The largest cache of embalming vessels discovered in Egypt included pots containing resins, oils and myrrh. Petr Košárek, Charles University Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of ...

In this TED-Ed episode, we hear in delightfully morbid detail how the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. Drain the brain, bottle the organs, salt the body and entomb for thousands of years.