New insights into the chemistry of embalming show how globalized trade relationships had already become nearly 3,000 years ago
Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years; a new study in Frontiers in Medicine
Genomic study of the Tarim Basin mummies in western China reveals an indigenous Bronze Age population that was genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan
Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered