What materials did ancient Egyptians use to preserve the dead, and how can their composition still be investigated thousands ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming methods differ, but not all of them are studied equally well. In a first report ...

For thousands of years, the recipes used by ancient Egyptian embalmers have remained partly obscured by the chemical changes ...

Marburg researchers detect aloe compounds in ancient Egyptian embalming material and link a mummified head to a separate ...