A new study may be rewriting what we thought we knew about the mummy. While Egypt and Chile usually steal the spotlight, a team of scientists now believes the world’s oldest mummies could actually ...

This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey. (See our AI policy here.) Southeast Asians created the oldest known human mummies roughly 7,000 years before Egyptian mummies ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A study of dozens of ancient graves found in China, the Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and ...

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practiced 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 ...

The bodies were arranged into crouched positions, then propped over or placed near a fire to slowly dehydrate. Australian National University New research suggests the world’s oldest mummies aren’t ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Mummies are most often associated with Egypt, where the oldest ones are about 4,500 years old. But researchers say they have found mummies that are much older on the other side of the world. “We found ...