An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

Mummified flesh, preserved for centuries, seemed an obvious candidate for treating decay, wounds and internal deterioration.

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

That’s why as a mummy-to-be, you might want to consider an Egyptian baby name (for a first ... Trends to Follow This gorgeous moniker means “beautiful.” Even if your baby isn’t born ...

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

250 Ancient Mummy Coffins and 150 Bronze Statues Discovered in Egyptian Necropolis — See ... also belonged to a priest and contained "nine beautiful statues." The priest was likely named Messi ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

In fact, the oldest-known Egyptian mummy, dated around 3500 B.C., is believed to have been created in this way. The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 B.C. These early ...

Kinship: Home is the culmination of the Cork artist's longterm project involving the return of a 2,000-year-old mummy to Egypt. As well as documenting the project, the book features contributions from ...

In 2021, researchers revisited a first-century-B.C. mummy that had been discovered in the Egyptian city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) and moved to the University of Warsaw in 1826.