NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Police responding to a call about child sexual abuse said they found mummified remains and an altar to an unknown deity in the home of a man who is now facing multiple charges.

Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were ...

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History has given researchers the opportunity to learn more about the ancient individuals inside mummies, without needing to disturb their delicate wrapping. A mobile ...

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An investigation is underway, officials said, after mummified human remains were found in a home along Rising Sun Avenue in Philadelphia's Crescentville section after a house fire there early Monday.

Firefighters in Northeast Philadelphia discovered a “mummified” body inside a home after they extinguished a fire early Monday morning, prompting an investigation from local law enforcement. Officials ...

Human bodies carefully preserved by smoking up to 14,000 years ago have been found at archaeological sites in South-East Asia, making them the oldest known mummies in the world. A similar practice ...

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