However, the U.S. is not known for the Panel of Fayoum mummies, or parts of a temple believed to belong to Queen Hatshepsut.

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Egyptian mummies with red and even blonde hair, sparking debate, curiosity, and ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled ...

a mix of four salts found in abundance along the Nile. Mummy makers also used palm wine as a disinfectant and frankincense as a perfume. Although today Egyptian mummies are, of course, protected ...

Mummification was practiced throughout most of early Egyptian history. The earliest mummies from prehistoric times probably were accidental. By chance, dry sand and air (since Egypt has almost no ...

That world may well have existed, but in the distant past, according to their survey of hundreds of mummies from Egypt and South America. The researchers found that only one mummy had clearly ...

The Museum of Idaho is showcasing a world-class traveling exhibition, Mummies of the World, opening May 31, 2025. The exhibit ...

There's a good chance you were told ancient Egyptians ... documentary "Mummy Forensics" taking inspiration from a 1969 academic paper by British Egyptologist Filce Leek. He found that digging ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT scan has revealed a true rara avis—a ...