Another way to create a mummy is to bury it in soil containing chemicals that kill bacteria and fungi. Some of the world's best known mummies were created accidentally, when a body's final resting ...

Replica of a Guanche mummy. (photo credit ... a common and accepted practice by many museums around the world, from the British Museum to the Museum of Cairo. In Spain, some museums took steps ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an impressive collection of mummies.

The study examined nine mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo ... is one of the ways that we understand and engage with the world," she added. Matija Strlič, lead author from UCL, expressed ...