Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

The mummies, estimated to be around 10,000 years old, were found in various locations across China and Southeast Asia. Researchers suggest that the smoke-drying technique was used to preserve the ...

The world’s oldest mummies have been found in burial sites in China and Vietnam, scientists claim. Previously, the oldest ...

Researchers found human remains that were buried in crouched or squatted positions with some cuts and burn marks in various archaeological sites across China and Vietnam, and to a lesser extent, from ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest mummies in the world in southeastern Asia. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. Some of the oldest mummies were prepared ...

The date for the earliest mummification of human remains has been pushed back thousands of years thanks to new research that solved a nagging question.