Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

Egyptian officials say dozens of stolen artifacts, from a mummy's burial mask to a vessel depicting an ancient god, have been ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...

The countenance of an ancient Egyptian mummy, Minirdis, has been unveiled after 2,300 years and scientists are hungry to know an interesting finding about his anatomy, particularly on his face. The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: KriveArt/Getty Images The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their ...

Old friends, new tales : the mummies and coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science / Michele L. Koons -- A history of research and exploring new narratives : contextualizing the Denver Museum ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have ...

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

Just in time for Mother's Day, Egypt has come out with some big news for mummies. OK, bad jokes aside, teams around Cairo University have unearthed a massive archeological find according to Reuters.

(Reuters) - It is a startling image from ancient Egypt - a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor of a woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...