EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It expanded over time until everyone from the poor up were being preserved for ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a rare burial chamber where several mummies were interred with thin gold foils in place of their tongues, a startling detail that fuses ritual, status, and ...

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the inclination—to smell the aromas wafting off the gilded sarcophagi and elaborately ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

"This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Mummies : life after death in ancient Egypt', held at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (January 24-April 20, 1997) and the ...