One does not simply start mummifying one’s dead. Mummification is a technically challenging business that involves sophisticated tricks for preparing a corpse. It’s also steeped in intricate cultural ...

THE BUSINESS of dead bodies is icky at best but in Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret C4 made it both fascinating and moving. Taxi driver Alan Billis volunteered to be the first man for 3,000 years ...

Directed by Kenny Scott, the BAFTA award-winning documentary Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret explores a mystery that has baffled scientists for centuries: how were the Ancient Egyptians able to ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Long before ancient Egyptians swaddled their pharaohs in balm-and-resin-soaked linens and placed them in treasure-bedecked tombs, ...

The reason for these spontaneous mummifications remains unclear. In the small, mountainous Colombian town of San Bernardo, an unusual discovery has left residents and scientists confused. There's a ...

At the time that they started mummifying cadavers, the Chinchorro had gone through a population boom, driven by rich coastal seas. But they also lived in the Atacama Desert: the so-called driest place ...