Historians estimate ancient Egyptians mummified over 70 million people, yet only a fraction remain today. The reason is grim, ...

The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., is carved into the hillside on the ...

After five years travelling the other side of the world, a blockbuster exhibition on ancient Egypt complete with more than 10 ...

Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. FBI investigates hunting stand with ...

During the 19th Century the mummified man, known as Pa-Sheri, was taken from Egypt to Britain and has been part of the Derby ...

Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication. On Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had uncovered ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.

When the ancient working stiff was preparing for his journey into the afterlife, little did he know he would spend decades gathering dust in a musty Wynwood warehouse. But that’s exactly where the ...

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...