Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K. digitally removed face masks from ancient Colombian mummies ...

The reconstructions are based on the skulls of four mummified individuals who had masks tightly fitted on their faces.

During the 19th Century the mummified man, known as Pa-Sheri, was taken from Egypt to Britain and has been part of the Derby ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

An examination of charring on skeletons showed signs they had been exposed to low heat over long periods of time, which would have dried out and preserved the bodies.

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