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

The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment.

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

Seven cheetah mummies recently discovered in an Arabian desert cave have renewed discussion about reintroduction of the animals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A CT scan of the mummified ...

When archaeologists unwrapped an Egyptian mummy, they weren’t expecting jewels, a curse, or a royal secret — they found pages from a lost book written in a language that didn’t even belong in Egypt.

Genetic analysis links the youngest mummy to the Asiatic cheetah while older remains align with the Northwest African ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of seven mummified cheetahs found in caves in Saudi Arabia. Researchers sequenced the cheetahs' genomes and found they were ...