We all know the New Kingdom mummies from ancient Egypt were preserved with a certain sophistication and advanced skill that ...

A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European ...

Discover interesting facts about ancient Egypt's pyramids, mummies and pharaohs.

Forget the horror movies – the scent of ancient Egyptian mummies is surprisingly pleasant, according to researchers. A new study, blending scientific analysis with the power of the human nose ...

A look at 21 ancient Egyptian mummified children reveals that one-third of them had a blood disorder known as anemia.

For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it ...

The ancient Egyptians may have placed gold tongues in some human remains to enable the spirits of the deceased to communicate with Osiris, the god of the underworld.

Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they probably can’t tell you about how they smell. You don’t have to wait to get up-close-and-personal to one in a museum to ...

Experts in Egypt have discovered several ancient tombs containing some unusual mummies - with golden tongues in their mouths. The mummies were found in the ancient burial site of Qewaisna, located ...

Journey to Eternal Life: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Mummies, and Pyramids Egyptian Mummies The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification ...

What ingredients and processes underlay mummification in ancient Egypt? The molecular analysis of labelled pots excavated from an embalming workshop provides some answers to this question.

A look at 21 ancient Egyptian mummified children reveals that one-third of them had a blood disorder known as anemia.