Learn how the examination of Austrian mummy remains reveals details of his life, but leaves a few mysteries behind. We typically associate mummies with ancient Egypt — or sometimes cheesy old horror ...

OK, so he’s had more than his fair share of work. Still, at 145 years old, Vladimir Lenin has never looked better. Russian embalmers, who have carefully cared for the revolutionary leader’s corpse ...

A new analysis of an ancient Egyptian mummy suggests that sophisticated techniques for preserving the dead may be 1,000 years older than previously believed. The discovery centers on the tomb of a ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the ...