Designs and placement of tattoos vary greatly on the 13 Egyptian mummies, which consist of 12 women and one man. A female mummy found in 1891 bore the first known tattoo from ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt still hides a great amount of its secrets regarding its ancient artifacts and mummies. People to this day remark in awe at the civilizations method of building the pyramids, temples, the ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies have been discovered with golden tongues inserted in their mouths. Researchers believe they were meant to help the dead talk with Osiris, the god of the underworld, per ...

As Mindy Weisberger reports for Live Science, scientists used genetic information taken from three ancient Egyptian mummies to produce digital images of what the men might have looked like at age 25.

Mummies are practically synonymous with Ancient Egypt. The term conjures up images of an undead creature wrapped in bandages rising from its sarcophagus deep within a pyramid. But mummies aren’t ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The study provides new information on the embalming materials ...

Nevine El-Aref, Thursday 24 Nov 2022. An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed a new part of the Quweisna necropolis in Menoufiya governorate that is replete in mummies with golden tongues.

Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the seat of the person's essence, so it was always left inside a mummy. But the ...

Several mummies with gold tongues have been discovered during excavations at an ancient necropolis in Egypt. Researchers with an Egyptian archaeological mission found the unusual remains after ...

Egyptian mummies have long been a subject of fascination for people from all walks of life, be it scientists, archaeologists, ...

Thanks to high-tech photography, researchers can now see previously hidden tattoos on ancient Egyptian mummies. Infrared photography was used to help identify tattoos on seven mummified Egyptians ...