Peering into an underground cavern in central Egypt, archaeologists came face-to-face with dozens of dusty ancient mummies and knew they’d uncovered something significant. Photos show some of ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures ... and books. Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies.

Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general population as well. In ancient Egypt, mummification was a long and complex ...

Last night, Egypt has presented a distinguished historical event through the procession of Pharaonic royal mummies, which travelled from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in the Egyptian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Egypt's royal mummies moving catches the world as over 400 channels reported the event. The international community reacted positively to Egypt’s majestic Saturday evening transfer of 22 royal ...