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

Scientists Find Evidence of High-Quality Mummification of Dwarves in Ancient Egypt, Believe They Were Revered Different cultures have distinct attitudes toward certain conditions. The distinct ...

In 2019, while excavating the necropolis of Qubbet el Hawa, across the Nile from Aswan in southern Egypt, Belgian and Spanish archaeologists unearthed a trove of mummified crocodiles: five almost ...

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 ...

New Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries including a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues were made in Fayoum, Egypt.

One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on November 4, 1922 in the Valley of Kings. Born around 1305BC, Tutankhamun only ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...