Newly excavated Egyptian tombs dating back roughly 4,000 years are yielding a cache of rare relics that is reshaping how I ...

The Gilded Lady mummy, intact since Roman-era Egypt (30 BCE–395 CE). The interior of the mummy was finally revealed in 2011 with CT scanning. (© 2015 The Field Museum, photo by John Weinstein) (click ...

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 ...

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 ...

We see an ancient and fragile child mummy whose head is resting on a pillow. The mummy is a brownish color. A large percentage of mummified children from ancient Egypt show signs of blood disorders ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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CAIRO (Reuters) -A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater ...

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 ...