In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Buried in the desert lies more than just a body, but a legacy that rides the line of love and hate. Barbara Butcher investigates a murder, where the motive festers across generations before exploding ...

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that researchers from the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University have virtually reconstructed the faces of four people whose mummified remains were ...

Olin Corp. is ending a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. as it continues its plans to enter the North American PVC resin market. Clayton, Mo.-based Olin and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. have mutually agreed ...

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as far back as 12,000 years ago, my colleagues and I report in new ...

Study: Societies in China mummified bodies thousands of years before Egyptian counterparts A reporter films painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...