Scientists from University College London (UCL) and the University of Ljubljana conduct the first systematic analysis of ...

The scent of eternity’ represents more than just the aroma of the mummification process,” said Huber, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany.

1570–1075 BCE) and include those of Tutankhamen and other well-known pharaohs. It is the general process of this period that shall be described here. The mummification process took seventy days.

The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Around 2,500 years old, the 31 jars were ...

Using mass spectrometry, they studied the remaining traces of the balm that preserved — and scented — the organs during the mummification process. The balms used were complex, the study says ...

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body. Egyptians ...

Mummification is the point at which the decompositional process ceases — with another published medical report in the International Journal of Legal Medicine, indicating the development of ...

The site’s latest treasures, which Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on May 27, paint a fuller picture of the mummification process. Researchers discovered two of Egypt’s ...