NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating ...

Southeast Asian groups mummified bodies over smoky fires before burying them as early as 12,000 years ago, long before Egyptians began making mummies.

The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.

When we think of mummies, we usually think of ancient Egypt: From about 2600 BCE until the 7th century CE, Egyptians used elaborate rituals to preserve the bodies of elites and buried them in ...

The discovery of suspected “alien mummies” in Peru has generated fresh excitement after a lawyer declared that their fingerprints are “not human”. Two of the humanoid figures were unveiled to the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, US Department ...

A zookeeper has been eaten alive by a pack of lions, a safari park in Thailand announced on Wednesday. An eyewitness to the attack gave a baffling description to the local TV network. He said the ...

By the time the ancient Egyptians were wrapping their dead in linens and sealing them in golden tombs, a very different kind ...

The YouTube variety show 'Pajama Party' (planned and produced by Sandbox Network), which keeps delivering legendary episodes each time, is this time drawing attention for bringing laughter and emotion ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was illegal, U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to ...

His wife died of her injuries after giving evidence to the police, and a judge said that the crime "cannot even be imagined in a healthy and civilized society." Gabrielle Rockson is a staff ...