Embalming is one of the most common options for temporarily preserving bodies after death – but what exactly does it entail?

Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...

Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the crypts found at Château des Milandes in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, ...

The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated embalming treatments far earlier and across a wider geographical area than had been previously known, forensic tests on a well-known prehistoric mummy ...

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The history of embalming in America is deeply ...

She adds: "One of the exciting new pieces of information the text provides us with concerns the procedure for embalming the dead person's face. We get a list of ingredients for a remedy consisting ...