A scan revealed that an Egyptian crocodile mummy preserves a fish caught on a bronze hook after more than 2,000 years.

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies. Instead of bones, they found ...

Cat Mummy (Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 780–390 BCE) and ibis mummy from the ibis cemetery at Abydos (Early Roman Period, 30 BCE–early 1st century CE) in ‘Soulful Creatures: Animal ...

SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.

An X-rays and study carried out by the Institute of Legal Medicine of Peru on the 'alien mummies' that concluded that they are dolls made with animal bones is displayed in Lima LIMA (Reuters) - A pair ...

Newly excavated Egyptian tombs dating back roughly 4,000 years are yielding a cache of rare relics that is reshaping how I understand life and death along the Nile. From intact jewelry hoards and ...

In a thrilling discovery for Egyptologists and ancient history buffs, the contents of six ancient animal sarcophagi have been examined, all without a single scientists opening a coffin lid, thanks to ...

The Walters Art Museum has mummies all wrapped up. Visitors will have a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with human and animal mummies in the focus show “Mummified,” on display at the ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. Dogs and cats are often beloved family members in current culture, but animals held such a prominent place in ancient Egyptian society that tens of millions were mummified, some ...

The mummies of the world exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating run at the Museum of Idaho.