Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make bread

More than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.

• Jun 3

Smoke-dried remains found in Asia may be world's oldest mummies

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.

• Sep 16, 2025

Workers find 1,000-year-old mummy while installing pipes

The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into working-class neighborhoods.

• Jun 23, 2025

Researchers recreate mummy's voice

An ancient Egyptian buried with the wish to speak again after death had it granted in an unexpected way when researchers in England recreated the voice of a mummified priest by recreating his vocal cords with a 3-D printer.

• Jan 25, 2020
• 2:05

Remains of 5,000-year-old "elite woman" found at former garbage dump

The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.

• Apr 28, 2025

Researchers discover ancient Egyptian mummies smell sweet and floral

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science described them as "woody," "spicy," and "sweet," with floral notes.

• Feb 14, 2025

Mummy with shrieking expression may have "died screaming from agony"

Scientists used CT scans and other testing to examine whether the mummy had any pathological abnormalities and assess potential causes of death.

• Aug 2, 2024

Archaeologists in Chile race to preserve world's oldest mummies

Human development and climate change are putting the world's oldest mummies at risk.

• Jul 6, 2024

Mummy's arm came off when museum mishandled body, Mexican government says

Mexico's government says a museum mishandled a 19th century mummified body, resulting in one of its arms coming off.

• May 28, 2024

Archaeologists discover mummies of children that may be at least 1,000 years old

The mummies were found in what is now one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lima, in what was used as a sacred ceremonial space.

• Nov 22, 2023

Mysterious mummy identified and buried after 128 years

"Stoneman Willie" was revealed to have been named James Murphy as his gravestone was unveiled.

• Oct 9, 2023

Archaeologists find buried mummy next to soccer field in Peru

Mummies and other pre-Hispanic remains have been found in unusual places in the city.

• Jun 16, 2023

Archeologists find centuries-old mummy in Peru

The child would have lived about 800 years ago, and could have belonged to the Lima or Ichma civilizations, archeologists said.

• Apr 26, 2023

Peruvian police find man with ancient mummy

Peruvian police found a man with a centuries-old mummy in his cooler bag. He said the mummy is his "spiritual girlfriend" — named Juanita — who sleeps in his bedroom.

• Mar 2, 2023
• 1:11

Man found with ancient mummy in his delivery cooler bag

The man who was in possession of the mummy – which officials believe to be 600-800 years old – said it sleeps in his bedroom with him and that he takes care of it.

• Mar 2, 2023

Archaeologists find the oldest non-royal mummy ever discovered in Egypt

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian named Hekashepes represents two remarkable firsts, but it wasn't the lead scientist's favorite discovery at Saqqara this week.

• Jan 26, 2023

Mummies of children unearthed in Peru. They were likely sacrificed.

The mummified children were about 1,000 to 1,200 years old, archaeologists said.

• Feb 15, 2022