Learn how the examination of Austrian mummy remains reveals details of his life, but leaves a few mysteries behind. We typically associate mummies with ancient Egypt — or sometimes cheesy old horror ...

OK, so he’s had more than his fair share of work. Still, at 145 years old, Vladimir Lenin has never looked better. Russian embalmers, who have carefully cared for the revolutionary leader’s corpse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered how an 800-year-old Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) mummy remained remarkably preserved and fragrant, shedding new light on ancient embalming practices in East ...

As the Catholic Church convenes its highest authorities to replace the late Pope Francis, the preservation of his body remains an immediate concern. Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday aged 88, ...

President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15th, 1865, mere hours after John Wilkes Booth inflicted the mortal gunshot wound, but his body had to survive a 19-day train ride across the country before ...

With the passing of Pope John Paul II, a Rome family is expecting a call from the Vatican to embalm his body. The tradition, carried down from father to son, has for decades fallen to the Signoracci ...

Nearly 30 years after his burial, Salvador Dali’s mustache has retained its exquisitely twisted appearance. Forensic researchers exhumed the surrealist painter’s body this week to remove bones, nails, ...