Etruscan letters form the Linen Book of Zagreb, later torn into strips to use as bandages to wrap an Egyptian mummy. Courtesy of the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb, photograph by Igor Krajcar In ...

The bandage dress, that item of clothing invented in the mid-1980s that makes the wearer look as if she has been sucked into ...

Hervé Léger with his version of the bandage dress, which he introduced in the early 1990s.Credit...Neville Marriner/Daily ...

When most people hear the word "mummy," they usually think of ancient Egypt. However ... For example, Carr says the Incas wrapped mummies in bundles instead of a coffin or sarcophagus. “ ...

Cultural artifacts are more than historical remnants; they embody the spirit of a nation and a civilization. In recent years, ...

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The gas workers in Peru discovered a mummy dated to a thousand years old during the time of pipe installation in Lima. The ...

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Decorated with flower garlands and a beguiling wooden face mask, the mummy was so fragile that archaeologists had never dared expose the remains, making it the only royal Egyptian mummy found in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 40 Egyptian mummies preserved in astonishing condition, offering new insights into ancient burial rituals and Egyptian culture. This discovery is a major breakthrough in ...

Rather than one royal mummy, a cache of mummies was discovered there. Among the dead, scholars identified no fewer than 11 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s splendid New Kingdom period, including Seti ...