Take a look at this handy video detailing the multiple stages the Egyptians undertook when mummifying their deceased. While made famous by the ancient Egyptians, mummification is a process not just confined to their afterlife culture, as any corpse which has had its skin or organs preserved thanks to external chemicals, substances or extreme temperatures is classed as a mummy. Indeed, mummified corpses have been found all over the Earth, from Russia to the Americas, often preserved ...

Take a look at this documentary on Egypt's pyramids, for which Dassault Systèmes provided the superb animations. Nick Lerner spoke to How It Works about the project. Nick Lerner: Nobody knows with any certainty how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. Many theories have been proposed, but none of them stood up to analysis. It was exactly this unresolved riddle that led several teams at Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in real-time 3D technology, to provide backing ...