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Mummified human remains and a sarcophagus are among the ancient objects that an Irish university says it plans to repatriate to Egypt.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

Mummified bodies are rare, but here, too, an occasional cancer has been found.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016

Mummified remains from the Alps reveal an unexpected history for a human pathogen.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 7, 2016

Mummified specimens reveal that the tail is proportionally short, as is predicted for cold-adapted mammals.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2013

Mummified birds from Egypt oddly missing their heads.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2011