The scans created thousands upon thousands of X-rays, which are digitally stacked to examine what is inside them.

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History has given researchers the opportunity to learn more about the ancient individuals inside mummies, without needing to disturb their delicate wrapping.

The Field Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ... Restrooms, two eateries and a gift shop are located inside, and two main parking areas are offered on the Museum Campus.

In an email to Popular Science, Field Museum senior conservator JP Brown likened the mummy and its cartonnage coffin to a model ship inside a bottle. “It was clearly important that the inner ...

CHICAGO — The Field Museum unveiled its acquisition Monday ... was—when we X-rayed the fossil slab and saw that the fossil inside was nearly 100% complete, we cheered,” said the Field ...