Ancient civilizations approached passing differently. While today’s embalmers use just enough preservative for a dignified ...

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 discovered in an ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Gene Hackman was found dead at age 95 in his New Mexico home along with his wife, 64, who was a classical pianist, and one of their pet dogs. According to an affidavit from an ...

Ten thousand years before ancient Egyptians began mummifying their dead, hunter-gatherers in Asia were smoke-drying the bodies of loved ones, a discovery that is rewriting the history of human ...

Details continue to emerge regarding the deaths of actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, at the couple’s home in Santa Fe, N.M. The bodies were discovered by a maintenance worker on ...

A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3500 years ago. In an innovative endeavor to create a sensory bridge to the ...

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 ...

(CNN) – Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms. They’ve now resurrected the scent. Anyone who wants to catch a whiff of the ...

In an innovative endeavor to create a sensory bridge to the ancient past, a team of researchers led by Barbara Huber of the MPI of Geoanthropology has recreated one of the scents used in the ...