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

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...

Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919 ... The cloth roles and drawings on the mummy's face resemble the architectural design of Egyptian pyramids, which may indicate ...

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ...

On the other hand, while on the topic, the famous Egyptian mummies have always been a topic ... familiar and pleasant smells, so as to make it easier for the body to enter the after-life.

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

The mummy was discovered in 1919, is covered with bandages that mimic the Pyramids of Giza, and remains in the Egyptian ...

This might sound harsh, but The Mummy is, without question, the weakest overall franchise when we’re talking about the ...

When these texts were translated into Latin, European scholars mistakenly conflated mūmiyā with Egyptian mummies, assuming that the embalmed dead were imbued with similar restorative properties.

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