While many of these tools were incredible ancient discoveries that revolutionized early civilizations, they didn't allow them ...

Using a combination of high-tech tools like an electronic ‘nose ... offer a fresh perspective on ancient embalming materials ...

Researchers discovered that a 1746 Austrian mummy was embalmed with wood chips and zinc chloride, preserving internal tissues for centuries.

"We have known the names of many of these embalming ingredients since ancient Egyptian writings were deciphered,” said excavation leader Susanne Beck of the University of Tübingen, Germany ...

This Sept. 2020 photo provided by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shows one of more than two dozen ancient coffins unearthed near the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, ...

Now, researchers have discovered how Egyptian mummies still look so good – and it's all to do with a carefully curated embalming recipe. Experts have revealed ancient Egyptians were masters in ...

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By studying the residues left on a set of embalming pots, a team of archaeologists identified chemical mixtures used to preserve the dead. Artificial preservation is a complex process. Ancient ...

Most of what we know about ancient Egyptian mummification techniques comes from a few ancient texts. In addition to a text called The Ritual of Embalming, Greek historian Herodotus, in his ...