Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

To mark the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on 3 July, Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities Zahi ...

This week, uncover the secrets of an 18th century mummy, meet an ancestor of unusual modern mammals, see the sun like never ...

Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village, a set of unusually well-preserved human remains has long been a rich ...

Researchers have determined the identity of a centuries-old mummy found in Austria, according to a study published in ...

The site also contained marbled glass beads and Egyptian amulets made of faience—materials ... of the finds showed that the area had been in use since the Iron Age and was used throughout ...

But the history of mummies is much more complex and spans cultures ... and it could eventually be used to build homes in the future. And before you go, look up for this weekend’s celestial ...

But, unlike in other cases of intentional mummification, there were no visible incisions anywhere on the man's body. "The only way for this insertion was the anal canal, which they had used ...

For centuries, the secrets of mummification have captured scientists ... where materials were inserted through the rectum, may have been used far and wide, potentially rewriting the history ...