Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed ...

Salta, Argentina - May 28, 2020 It has been 25 years since the discovery of the Children of Llullaillaco -also known as the ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

It is incredibly rare that you get to investigate or view history from the perspective of a single individual,” one Field ...

Experts have begun dissecting humanoid, three-fingered “alien mummies” found in Peru last year — uncovering what they say could be a metallic “alien implant” wedged onto the specimen’s ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

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Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears ...

A video has been released showing a dissection of a small three-fingered hand of one of the specimens, from which what appear to be small bones and a metal object are removed.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber.

The eight piece-band unearthed late last century in Nashville is bringing the rhythm, horns and ghastly, groovy funk rock to ...