The 4,000 year old Ancient Egyptian tomb belonged to a 1,000s of years old Egyptian King, with a sacrificial table found ...

Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general population as well. In ancient Egypt, mummification was a long and complex ...

Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient ... known symbol in Egyptian culture. They were often displayed on wedjat amulets, which were protective tokens inserted into mummy wrappings, tombs ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures ... and books. Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies.

Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. The U.S. Supreme Court made a rare ...

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 ...

The so-called "screaming woman" was buried around 3,500 years ago during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt, and ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of ... which store a mummy's organs. Sometimes tomb robbers would grab and later discard canopic jars ...

Finally, the casing around the feet has two images of the ... used to purchase mummies and host “unwrapping parties” with their friends. Luckily, there are now less harmful and more respectful ways to ...

The mummy of King Thutmose II had previously ... along with sections of a religious text associated with ancient Egyptian royal burials. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of Egypt ...