The mysterious Egyptian mummy, ... These intricate decorations point to someone with the resources and standing to receive an elite burial—perhaps a noble person, priest, ...

Researchers found a tattoo on the upper arm of this Egyptian mummy. He is thought to have lived around 5,000 years ago and was between 18 and 21 years old when he died from a stab wound to the back.

Archaeologists have rediscovered a lost tomb that contains the mummy of an ancient Egyptian official. The tomb belonged to Ptahshepses, who lived around 4,400 years ago during the 25th and 24th ...

Amenhotep's mummy, adorned with decorations on its linen wrapping and its funerary mask, was found along with those of other kings and queens in a cache in Luxor in 1881 and transferred to Cairo.

A 2,000 year-old child mummy arrived at an Illinois museum with limited information about its life and death. Earlier this year, researchers took the mummy back the hospital for a medical scan in ...

Egyptian antiquities workers found a 4,300-year-old mummy. AP The team was working to uncover a cemetery of fifth and sixth-dynasty tombs dating back to the 25th century B.C near the Step Pyramid ...

World's first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy had CANCER: 2,000-year-old corpse likely died from a rare form of the disease while 28 weeks into her pregnancy, scans reveal ...

Scientists say that the adornments of the 2,300-year-old mummy illuminate ancient Egyptian ideas about death and dying. (Credit: Sahar N. Saleem1, Sabah A. Seddik and Mahmoud el-Halwagy). Ancient ...

Meanwhile, decorations on the sarcophagus indicate a connection to Thoth, the Egyptian God of writing, wisdom, and magic. UCC purchased the canopic jars from an art and antiquities dealer in the ...

Egyptian mummy. (credit: CREATIVE COMMONS) ... researchers now believe that their decorations were meant to help the deceased be recognized on their way to the afterlife.

Researchers found a tattoo on the upper arm of this Egyptian mummy. He is thought to have lived around 5,000 years ago and was between 18 and 21 years old when he died from a stab wound to the back.