High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention ...

Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were ...

Researchers at the University of Southern California recently used high-resolution CT scanners and medical-grade 3-D printers ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Sometime in the 19th century, a fat woman died and her body changed almost entirely into soap. It may sound like an urban legend, but researchers are serious. On Thursday, they ...

(AP) Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered this week ...

The mummy is back in its museum case and the Fleming staff is planning to build a new exhibit with the information gleaned from the scan, including CT images and the 3-D reconstruction of the girl's ...

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain - Analysis revealed facial features, including ...

Correction: This story has been updated to clarify the body was estimated to have been buried about 3,500 years ago. More than two millennia ago, an unnamed woman died under unknown circumstances.

Visitors tour the site in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, on May 27, 2023. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP ...

BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) - Ancient Egypt met modern medical technology when a mummy underwent a CT scan at an Italian hospital as part of a research project to discover its secrets. The mummy of ...