An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

“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.

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

The extraordinary care with which that Bashiri mummy was wrapped suggests this person was also of great importance in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the corpse remains unknown ...

The mysterious Bashiri mummy has captivated Egyptologists for more than a century. Known as the untouchable one, the mummy ...

Remains of inscriptions depicting the goddesses Isis and Nephthys were found in the tomb, with yellow cartouches that once ...

The tomb was empty, and the location of the mummy is in dispute.

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...