Egypt’s antiquities authorities have identified two adjacent mummification workshops at Saqqara, the largest such facilities ...

A remarkable discovery at Saqqara has unveiled an ancient Egyptian embalming workshop, revealing mummification as a ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Embalming done together on Friday; repatriation carried out in phases across the weekend Add as a preferred source on Google Clockwise from top left: Samuvel Rangasami, Markandey Chauhan, Abdul ...

BRIANNA ROSS GOT A TOUR AND EXPLAINS HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. THIS IS THE LARGEST HUMAN COMPOSTING FACILITY IN THE WORLD. IT CAN PROCESS. 2000 REMAINS A YEAR, GIVING PEOPLE A GREENER ALTERNATIVE TO ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. While other ...

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has been found incorporated into the mummification process. Reading time 2 ...

The widow and two children of a South Gate man allege that a Montebello funeral home brutally botched their loved one’s embalming, depriving the family of a meaningful final farewell. The mortuary ...

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference ...