While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

We explore new ways to tackle the problem of microplastic pollution in our oceans, before meeting an extraordinary man and ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

Researchers wanted to know if today’s mummies still carry traces of the original embalming materials. And if so, could those scents help museums better preserve and explain thes ...

The Musée de l'Homme takes us into the fascinating history of mummies, with a promising exhibition-event to be discovered ...