The comprehensive study of cadaveric anatomy and embalming techniques underpins critical advancements in medical education, surgical training, forensic investigations and biomechanics research.

Learn how the examination of Austrian mummy remains reveals details of his life, but leaves a few mysteries behind. We typically associate mummies with ancient Egypt — or sometimes cheesy old horror ...

OK, so he’s had more than his fair share of work. Still, at 145 years old, Vladimir Lenin has never looked better. Russian embalmers, who have carefully cared for the revolutionary leader’s corpse ...

CHENNAI: Stiff and fragile cadavers preserved in sub-minimal temperatures at morgues dipped in cancer-causing chemicals may no longer vex medicos and surgical interns at medical schools as doctors ...

Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ...

Nearly 30 years after his burial, Salvador Dali’s mustache has retained its exquisitely twisted appearance. Forensic researchers exhumed the surrealist painter’s body this week to remove bones, nails, ...

Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, an Egyptologist has been able to reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is ...

The anguished expression on the face of a 3,500-year-old mummy in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was probably caused by a painful death, rather than a botched preparation of her body for the afterlife, ...