Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed ...

Tutankhamun was only 9 years old when he came to power as Pharaoh of Egypt in 1332 B.C., which is well within the age range ...

How did traces of cocaine, a plant native to South America, end up in Egyptian mummies from 3,000 years ago? 🕵️‍♂️ This ...

In the late 19th century as archaeologists uncovered mummies in Egypt’s deserts, they would unwrap them to see what they could learn. Now, the emphasis is on protecting mummified individuals to ...

Egypt opens more galleries in long-awaited antiquities museum The latest analysis revealed that the mummy was stood upright and then the cartonnage coffin was softened with humidity till it became ...

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations on Earth, with an empire stretching across ...

A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed. Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient ...

For the final two years of the study, the researchers will be dissecting the genetic secrets of their large collection of Egyptian cat mummies. They want to compare the DNA of these cats with ...

X-ray scans have finally unravelled the mystery of how a famous ancient Egyptian “locked mummy” was placed inside a coffin with seemingly no entry point. Out of the over dozen Egyptian mummies ...