An unusual mud-wrapped mummy is leading archaeologists to rethink how nonroyal Egyptians preserved their dead. CT scans of an Egyptian mummy from around 1200 B.C. reveal that the body is sheathed in a ...

The mud shell was added after the woman's original mummification, perhaps to repair damage inflicted by grave robbers. Courtesy of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney The mummification of ...

Scientists analyzing an Egyptian mummy in an Australian museum have made a surprising discovery: the body isn’t just in the wrong coffin—it’s wrapped in a never-before-seen “mud shell.” And this ...