Named Idy, her remains were found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb in the city of Asyut, Egypt, just about 200 miles south of Cairo. The excavations took place between Aug. 18 and Sept.

The intact burial—unearthed on this day in 1922—contained a "wonderful" cache of objects linked to the ancient Egyptian ...

During excavation at the South Asasif necropolis near Luxor, the team uncovered the remains of 11 individuals, including five ...

One of the most famous tombs in all of Egypt was holding a family secret: another body.

The show, "Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring King Tut’s Tomb and the Amin Egyptian Collection," runs through Sept. 1, 2025, ...

The "mummy's curse" first enjoyed worldwide acclaim after the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt. When Howard Carter opened a small hole to peer ...

Exploring an ancient burial complex in southern Egypt, archaeologists unearthed dozens of tombs still filled with coffins, mummies and artifacts. A preliminary analysis of the remains reveals some ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a royal goldsmith containing the mummies of a woman and her two children, authorities said. The tomb, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a collection of mummified cats and scarab beetles in a series of ancient tombs. Reuters The finds, dating back more than 4,000 years, were made at Saqqara ...

The "civilized" world was titillated by Egypt's elaborate cult of death and ... The Ice Maiden in her tomb. Mummies such as the Siberian Ice Maiden bear a tombful of questions for the inquiring ...

Egyptians stopped making mummies between the fourth and seventh ... Hundreds of shafts, some 18 to 20 feet deep, led to tombs where extremely well-preserved mummy bundles were found.