Archeologists uncovered what is likely the oldest mummy ever discovered in Egypt on Thursday. Archaeologists discovered the 4,300-year-old Hekashepes near the Step Pyramid wrapped in gold leaf.

Known as "Fred," this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

When people think about Egyptian discoveries, they often conjure images of pharaohs and high-ranking officials, their tombs ...

The notorious Aspergillus flavus - dubbed the "mummy's curse" could hold the secret in the cure for cancer.

The oldest confirmed case of the illness in an ancient Egyptian mummy has shown the bubonic plague was around thousands of ...

The mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun will not be transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo and will remain in its ...

The Hong Kong Palace Museum will host the citys largest-ever exhibition of Egyptian antiquities beginning November 20.

Researchers believe that a fungus thought to be found in ancient tombs may provide a valuable new tool in the fight against ...

We are speaking about everything, we are open to everything, in order to do collaboration,’ custodian of Egyptian relics says ...

The scientific name for the infection, Yersinia pestis, wiped out vast swathes of Europe but this new finding means ...