Upper Egypt, the southern part of the kingdom ... era but was repurposed as a cemetery during the seventh century C.E.

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

The mummified remains of Ti Ameny Net have resided on the University of Richmond campus for decades. Her journey from Egypt ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

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

Rosalie tells Jim Al-Khalili about her journey from classics and ancient history to biomedicine, including some of her adventures in Egypt in the 1960s. She talks about some of her most significant ...

We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but how should we feel when presented with a dead person from the ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums and universities should be banned as it may offend the 'wishes of the ancestors', MPs have claimed. The all-party Parliamentary Group ...

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...