The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have ...
TheWrap

‘The Masked Singer’: The Mummies Explain the ‘Most Important Ingredient’ of Performing Together Again 40 Years Later

It’s only fitting that TV Theme Night on “The Masked Singer” include an iconic cast reunion onstage. And, it happened right under our noses. During Wednesday’s episode, The Mummies were the first to ...

Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.
CBS News

Archaeologists discover mummies of children that may be at least 1,000 years old – and their skulls still had hair on them

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
New York Post

Researchers took a whiff of Egyptian mummies for science — they ‘were surprised by the pleasantness of them’

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the ‘Iliad’ Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...
CNET

If mummies had faces: Scientists use DNA to see how three ancient Egyptians looked

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...
National Catholic Register

Bodies, Souls and Mummies: What Catholic Teaching Reminds Us

Do mummies belong in museums? The instinctive answer may be “yes,” but that answer might change when you consider what a mummy actually is. A mummy, simply put, is a body that’s unusually well ...
Cleveland.com

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition provides a window into the past for visitors and a window of opportunity for Playhouse Square

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Looking to breathe new life into the corner of E. 13th and Euclid, Playhouse Square is turning to the dead. “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” is the first exhibit to take up ...
Science Daily

Dinosaur mummy found with hooves and a hidden crest

Scientists have reconstructed the most complete and lifelike profile of Edmontosaurus annectens thanks to an extraordinary preservation process called clay templating, in which a thin clay film ...
Yahoo

‘The Masked Singer': The Mummies Explain the ‘Most Important Ingredient’ of Performing Together Again 40 Years Later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s only fitting that TV Theme Night on “The Masked Singer” include an iconic cast reunion onstage. And, it happened right under ...