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

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

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

Before his discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, it's rumored that Howard Cater, the renowned Egyptologist, ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

What do you know about the history and practice of mummification in ancient Egypt? Unwrap your skills, because this quiz will test what you know about pyramid schemes — no bones about it!

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič ... scientists identified nine mummified people from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. Some of the remains dated back to the ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an impressive collection of mummies.

Joann also looks at the significance of the amulets and jewellery that were placed on the mummies before they were buried. This clip is from BBC series: Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the ...

All-party parliamentary group calls for changes in law as remains were acquired under ‘colonial regimes of exploitation’ ...

The "mummy's curse" first enjoyed worldwide acclaim after the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt. When Howard Carter opened a small hole to peer ...