Scientists have studied an enigmatic mummy from the crypt of an Austrian church and revealed an unusual embalming method and ...

The Austrian mummy was found remarkably preserved thanks to a rare embalming method involving wood chips, fabric, and zinc ...

The Guanche people of the Canary Islands typically mummified all deceased members of their community until the arrival of ...

The 18th-century mummy of Franz Xaver Sidler, dubbed the "Air-Dried Chaplain," was preserved using a unique embalming ...

Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village ... “It was really unexpected because the body walls were completely intact,” he said. To explain this apparent contradiction, the team ...

One resident had voiced concerns that a small area of land, enclosed by a brick wall, was a burial crypt belonging to the former Kent Street Methodist Church, which was demolished in 1971.

Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village and found a mix of unusual materials has been used to ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...