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

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

"This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date," an archeologist said of the remains of a man named Heka-shepes Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at ...

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT scan has revealed a true rara avis—a ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...

Titus Flavius Demetrius was a Roman citizen living in Egypt who wanted to be buried in the Egyptian way.This gold covered mummy mask was made for the Roman citizen Titus Flavius Demetrius who died ...

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

The wrapping of the fabrics has created an intricate pattern on the mummy's face which resembles the architectural design of Egypt's famous pyramids. The amount of precision and finesse in the ...