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

"The sarcophagus was found sealed with mortar, just as the ancient Egyptians had left it 4,300 years ago," Dr. Hawass said on Facebook Thursday. "This mummy may be the oldest and most complete ...

Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Figurine of ...

This Ancient Egyptian mummy cartonnage was made for a woman named An-Ankh-Rat. The cartonnage is made from linen bandage, soaked in plant gum to make it set in the required shape. The face mask is ...

"My research has not only confirmed that there is, of course, no ancient Egyptian origin of the mummy's curse concept, but, more importantly, it also reveals that it didn't originate in the 1923 ...

The method used to tie the embalming cloths of this ancient corpse has not been used on any other mummy. The wrapping of the fabrics has created an intricate pattern on the mummy's face which ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study.

Travel back in time thousands of year to the banks of the Nile, where you can learn all about the amazing people and places of Ancient Egypt. What remains of Ancient Egypt? How do we know so much ...

The amount of precision and finesse in the mummy's packaging suggests that this individual was a very important figure in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the body remains unknown ...