Mummy
CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century - study
“We are still working on the mummy," said Professor Agata Kubala in a statement, as an "X-ray revealed the presence of an object on the chest, which may be a papyrus containing the boy’s name.”
Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations
CT scans unlock secrets of mummified Inca children ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago - study
On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings
More alike than you think: CT scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal back pain, dental issues
Both the mummies and 3D models and prints of the scans will be on display at the California Science Center’s upcoming “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” exhibit on February 7.
'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research
The dinosaur, the fossil of an Edmontosaurus, was about 66 million years old.
Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers
The teenage boy found in a Bologna villa cellar in 1987 was preserved by copper's antimicrobial action, which halted decay and infused his skin and bones with a vivid green patina.
Wyoming 'mummy' fossils show duck-billed dinosaur with hoofed feet, first proof of dinosaur hooves
"For the first time, we have a complete, detailed picture of a large dinosaur that we are really convinced of."
CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks
The group reconstructed a child of about six or seven years old, a woman in her 60s, and two young men.
A 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Unearthed Under Busy Lima Avenue
The burial lite lies in a pre-hispanic cemetery and points to a wider chancay necropolis beneath the capital.
Near-infrared tech reveals stunning leopard tattoos on 2,300-year-old Siberian 'Ice Mummy'
'It suggests that tattoos were really something for the living with meaning during life, but that they actually did not play much of a role in the afterlife,' said Caspari.
Mummy research unveils Ötzi the Iceman's unexpected ancestry
Analysis reveals Copper Age communities were patrilineal, with diverse maternal lineages suggesting women married into male groups.
University of Turin team discovers unique facial tattoos on 800-year-old South American mummy
The tattoos were made with magnetite ink, an iron ore not previously found in any other South American mummy.
CT scans unveil mysteries of 18th-century Austrian priest mummy
They discovered a previously unknown embalming method involving filling the body cavities with materials.
