While excavating burials of hunter-gatherers in a cave in Vietnam, archaeologist Hsiao-chun Hung of the Australian National University wondered how to explain the flexed, folded, and contorted ...

Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were hoarded by a man ...

Although tens of millions of Egyptians were mummified over thousands of years, very few mummies remain today. Tomb robbing, medical cannibalism in Europe, and the use of mummified remains in pigments ...

Thomas Pettigrew, a nineteenth-century surgeon and antiquarian, threw parties in London at which he unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummies for his guests’ titillation. Modern scanning technologies mean ...

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability. When you purchase through links on ...

Wounded veterans cycle through Florida Keys for annual Soldier Ride. 100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case, police say. California homeowner rolls out ...