Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of mummification materials—the largest of its kind ever unearthed—dating back 2,500 years, reported Kamal Tabikha of the National last month. The trove ...

Ancient Egyptians certainly knew how to preserve a human body. Sadly, few guides exist explaining the mummification process Ancient Egyptians used. As such, a recent discovery is more than just a ...

Archaeologists in Egypt found ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and one for animals — at Saqqara.

Preserving a dead body was a widespread practice, common to many societies of the past. Perhaps the most well-known rituals belong to the ancient Egyptians, who kept corpses intact through a process ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

Mummification, or the process of preserving the dead, was once a widespread practice among many ancient societies.

Mummification is a progressive preservation process that research indicates could require as long as 18 days for an entire body to be affected.

Fetal mummification has only been found in five species of shark... well, make that six. Scientists have recently observed the fetal mummification process in two scalloped hammerhead shark embryos.

Mummification is defined as the interruption of the normal decomposition process after death, preserving bodily tissues for a prolonged period.