It’s no secret that mummies are often associated with Ancient Egypt, one of the world’s oldest civilizations. But they have actually been discovered all around the world, including ancient ...

A mummified Ice Age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples ...

Mummies—named after the bitumen tar, mum, used to coat the linen winding strips around them—have long held an almost magical fascination. The "civilized" world was titillated by Egypt's ...

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

The first frozen high mountain Inca human sacrifice was found atop a peak in Chile in 1954. "La Momia del Cerro El Plomo," the Mummy of El Plomo Peak became its name, and until Juanita, it was ...

This chilling documentary tells the story of a 4000-year-old mummy that was found frozen in the ice, high in the Alps in 1991 and the number of people who have died around it ...