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Archaeologists at Saqqara have finally identified the many embalming ingredients used to mummify the dead in ancient Egypt. They also deciphered how those different ingredients — many of which came ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Vatican has begun the solemn process of laying the pontiff to rest — a process steeped in centuries-old Catholic tradition and ...

Reports of his death were very premature. A Kenyan man who had falsely been declared dead made an unexpected return to life Tuesday as he was lying on a table in a morgue about to be embalmed, ...

A deposit of hundreds of mummification tools is likely the largest ever found in Egypt. It could shed light on Ancient Egypt's still-mysterious mummification process. The artifacts suggest a mummy ...