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

Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies. However ... that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists.

THE mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

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The mummy was discovered in 1919, is covered with bandages that mimic the Pyramids of Giza, and remains in the Egyptian ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

The researchers hope that the method could be used on a larger set of mummies to better understand the varied mummification practices that occurred in ancient Egypt. “Different historical ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija ... This makes a lot of sense, Strlič says, given that most ancient Egyptian mummified remains are housed in sarcophagi, which ...

Egypt is an enthralling, yet intriguing country with its 4,500-year-old pyramids, tombs, mummies and other wonders that have ...

Displaying ancient Egyptian mummies in museums is morally wrong and ... institutions including the British Museum, the Natural History Museum and the museum attached to units including Oxford.