As the Catholic Church convenes its highest authorities to replace the late Pope Francis, the preservation of his body remains an immediate concern. Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday aged 88, ...
The embalming of the face described in the Papyrus Louvre-Carlsberg belonged to this period. The entire 70-day embalming process was divided into intervals of 4 days, with the mummy being finished on ...
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 ...