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Discover the world's oldest cheese found on ancient mummies in China, its connection to gut health, and the history of ...

This pursuit has finally borne some fruits as experts have uncovered indications of the plague in a 3,300-year-old mummy, stated IFL Science. As per estimation, the mummy is the oldest confirmed ...

Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing what may be the oldest and "most complete" mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader has ...

A mummy said to be 3,000 years old was discovered near Lima, Peru. Experts believe it is from Manchay culture, which developed in the valleys of Lima between 1,500 and 1,000 B.C. Photo ...

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...

And in December 2015 they were confirmed to be the world's oldest - beating markings on an unidentified South American Chinchorro mummy. Experts had thought the South American mummy with a ...

Not to put too fine a point on it, a mummy is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin ...

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...