While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It ...

Teasing out the secret recipes for mummification in ancient Egypt Most ingredients weren't available locally—more evidence of a long-distance trade network.

Several mummies with gold chips for tongues were uncovered at the Quweisna necropolis, dating between 300 BCE and 640 BCE, in Egypt's central Nile Delta.

Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery — a mummification workshop and a shaft, used as a communal burial place — dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt's famed ...

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said the mummies dating to the Late Period (664-332 B.C.) are covered with a layer of painted material called cartonnage in the form of a human ...

Europe's morbid 'mummy craze' has been an obsession for centuries. Whether ground up as medicine or on display at 'unwrapping parties,' Egyptian mummies fascinated Europeans, giving rise to what's ...

The discovery centered around a mummy, known as Khuwy, believed to have been a high-ranking nobleman. He was excavated at the necropolis, a vast ancient burial ground of Egyptian pharaohs and ...

Egyptian Mummies is the latest word on these subjects. It’s a fascinating mix of art, science, and the lifestyles of six Egyptians whose mummies date from 900 b.c. to a.d. 180.

Archaeologists from Egypt and Italy have discovered at least 34 mummies in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan. The remains date back to the late Pharaonic and Greco-Roman period, between the 6th ...

A deposit of hundreds of mummification tools is likely the largest ever found in Egypt. It could shed light on Ancient Egypt's still-mysterious mummification process. The artifacts suggest a mummy ...

CAIRO — A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara ...

At least 59 ancient mummies have been unearthed in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Saturday.