Telling history through things, whether it's a mummy's coffin or a credit card, is what museums are for and, because the British Museum has collected things from all over the globe, it's not a bad ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

In September, staff members rolled 26 of the mummies on display at the museum on specially built carts to the parking lot to be put through a mobile CT scanner. The nondestructive technology ...

EU researchers are testing DNA from archaeological cat remains to help unravel the tale of cat domestication. It probably ...

This left modern-day researchers perplexed about how her remains were placed inside, creating what they call a “locked-mummy mystery”. Researchers at the Field Museum scan a mummified ...

A mobile CT scanner parked outside the Field Museum has given researchers the opportunity to see inside ancient mummies.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber.

Researchers at the Field Museum in Chicago recently scanned 26 mummies, creating thousands of X-ray images that give new insight into how ancient Egyptians lived, died and were prepared for the ...