A dead body that witnesses originally believed was a burning mannequin was found in an open field in Florida this weekend, cops said. The “jarring” discovery was made in a field behind a ...

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day. A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B ...

Park rangers found a dead body burning and hanging from a tree near the Griffith Park merry-go-round Tuesday, police said. Police arrived at the scene around 1 p.m. after passersby saw a fire ...

The ancient Egyptians also used these substances strategically to preserve specific body parts—for instance, embalmers only used castor oil and pistachio resin for the head.

But when did people in ancient Egypt start mummifying their dead? "The origins of Egyptian mummification, for which there is clear scientific evidence, is [circa] 4,300 B.C.," Stephen Buckley, a ...