A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...

The mummy was given the name of Ötzi the Iceman ... since he is the earliest known human found with tattoos on his skin. It is believed that Ötzi got his tattoos somewhere between 3370 and ...

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, but sometimes organs and muscles, as well. This tissue preservation can ...

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, but sometimes organs and muscles, as well. This tissue preservation can ...

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dark eyes and brown skin. Reuters Dr Johan Reinhard, the US archaeologist who first found the mummy, said the bust 'makes her even more alive' Dr Reinhard said: "I thought I'd never know what her ...

A mummified ice age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples of excitement among paleontologists. The mummy’s exceptional ...