Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed ...

A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed. Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient ...

Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human ...

In the late 19th century as archaeologists uncovered mummies in Egypt’s deserts, they would unwrap them to see what they could learn. Now, the emphasis is on protecting mummified individuals to ...

SCIENTISTS have been able to peer inside a 3,000-year-old Egyptian "locked mummy" coffin, without unwrapping the ancient casing. Using 3D scans, researchers caught a rare glimpse inside ancient ...

Egypt opens more galleries in long-awaited antiquities museum The latest analysis revealed that the mummy was stood upright and then the cartonnage coffin was softened with humidity till it became ...

Tutankhamun was only 9 years old when he came to power as Pharaoh of Egypt in 1332 B.C., which is well within the age range ...

Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...