Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar.

Arabian cheetah mummies' DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be closely replaced by a cheetah population in ...

The mummified remains of dozens of cheetahs hidden deep in caves in Saudia Arabia shed light on where the animal lived in the ...

In the dry, sun-baked expanse of northern Saudi Arabia, there are holes in the earth that lead to another world. For ...

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to find familiar echoes of today’s Africans and Eurasians. Instead, the ...

New invention called a Conservation Soft Box protects mummies and bones in museums, preventing moisture, microbes, and ...

A scan revealed that an Egyptian crocodile mummy preserves a fish caught on a bronze hook after more than 2,000 years.

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LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

Mummies found so far date back 66 million years, a time when predatory giants were roaming Wyoming's Badlands.