Mummy

Bread dead redemption: Scientists bake sourdough with yeast grown in 5,300-year-old mummy

Sarhan also told AFP the team would consider using the yeast to brew beer, but the published study focused on more serious uses for their discovery.

The mummy of an iceman named Oetzi, discovered on 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley glacier, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Bolzano on February 28, 2011 during an official presentation of the reconstrution.
Krisztina Scheffer (MNMKK Semmelweis Museum of Medical History) and Dr. Ibolyka Dudás (OKK) holding the mummified head of an Egyptian woman, May 4, 2026.

Mummy CT scan reveal ancient Egyptian might've suffered from osteoperosis

Examination of the mummy using the Canon Aquilion Prime ST  Computed Tomography at the Stefan Cardinal Wyszy´ nski Provincial Specialist  Hospital in Lublin, April 23, 2026.

CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century - study

Mummies discovered in a Roman-era tomb during archaeological excavations in the el-Bahnasa area in Egypt’s Minya Governorate, April 22, 2026.

Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations


CT scans unlock secrets of mummified Inca children ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago - study

Researchers examined four frozen mummies recovered from the Ampato and Sara Sara volcanoes in southern Peru during the 1990s using CT scans.

The remains of one of the four children found by archeologists, buried in the Inca sanctuary of Pachacamac, in the coastal desert strip 30 km south of Lima. Picture taken on November 9, 2010.

On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

 English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on February 16, 2026.

More alike than you think: CT scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal back pain, dental issues

Both the mummies and 3D models and prints of the scans will be on display at the California Science Center’s upcoming “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” exhibit on February 7.

Summer Decker, PHD, (left) 3D Imaging Lead for Keck Medicine of USC, and Diane Perlov, PHD, (right), Senior Vice President for special projects at the California Science Center, examine ancient Egyptian mummy Nes-Min before he is scanned, February 6, 2026.

'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research

The dinosaur, the fossil of an Edmontosaurus, was about 66 million years old.

Dinosaur, edmontosaurus close up with open mouth. Ukraine, Khmelnitsky, October 2021.

Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers

The teenage boy found in a Bologna villa cellar in 1987 was preserved by copper's antimicrobial action, which halted decay and infused his skin and bones with a vivid green patina.

Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers.

Wyoming 'mummy' fossils show duck-billed dinosaur with hoofed feet, first proof of dinosaur hooves

"For the first time, we have a complete, detailed picture of a large dinosaur that we are really convinced of."

Wyoming 'mummy' fossils reveal duck-billed dinosaur with hoofed feet, first evidence of hooves in dinosaurs.

CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks

The group reconstructed a child of about six or seven years old, a woman in her 60s, and two young men.

CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks.

A 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Unearthed Under Busy Lima Avenue

The burial lite lies in a pre-hispanic cemetery and points to a wider chancay necropolis beneath the capital.

Illustration: Peruvian mummy.

Near-infrared tech reveals stunning leopard tattoos on 2,300-year-old Siberian 'Ice Mummy'

'It suggests that tattoos were really something for the living with meaning during life, but that they actually did not play much of a role in the afterlife,' said Caspari.

Near-infrared tech reveals stunning leopard tattoos on 2,300-year-old Siberian 'Ice Mummy'.

Mummy research unveils Ötzi the Iceman's unexpected ancestry

Analysis reveals Copper Age communities were patrilineal, with diverse maternal lineages suggesting women married into male groups.

 A reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman.