No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

The ancient Egyptian mummy known as the “Mysterious Lady” has fascinated researchers and the public alike, thanks in large ...

A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force ...

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

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

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

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently ... flood The apron covering the body features various scenes, including ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the sale of human body parts in auction houses.

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date ... who believed that the body of the deceased needed to be preserved so that their spiritual essence could transcend into the ...