At one of Chicago's most renowned museums, the Field Museum of Natural History, scientists have been conducting ...

In September, staff members rolled 26 of the mummies on display at the museum on specially built carts to the parking lot to be put through a mobile CT scanner. The nondestructive technology ...

At one of the most well-known museums in Chicago, the Field Museum of Natural History, scientists have undertaken ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...

An Egyptian mummy's wish was fulfilled after he was enabled to speak 3,000 years after his death when scientists recreated his voice.

CHICAGO (WBBM) — Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber.

1, 2025, filling the museum's main galleries in celebration of another ancient Egyptian who wasn't a king. "But our mummy really didn't live in the time of King Tut," said Beth Welch, assistant ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum’s collections. Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life Julia ...