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. Technology allows ...

While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by ...

A stash of 1,900-year-old Egyptian mummy paintings that sat mostly undisturbed for 100 years is helping researchers understand how ancient artists used a fashionable pigment called Egyptian blue.

Paintings have been discovered inside the coffin of an Egyptian mummy after she was lifted out of it for the first time in more than 100 years. Scottish conservators made the discovery during work ...

Hekashepes' mummy was mummified using artificial methods ... The newly found paintings "are interesting to understand the evolution of [Egyptian art]," Tiradritti said. Another tomb found in ...

Decorating the inside of the coffin were paintings of the Egyptian goddess Amentet ... underneath of the trough and had never lifted the mummy out before and didn’t expect to see anything ...

It adorned wall paintings, tomb decorations ... statuettes, and mummy portraits. Eventually, mass production of Egyptian Blue ...

Matthew Hull, a specialist at Swan Fine Art, told Daily Mail such an artifact was an unusual find. “It’s very rare to see an Egyptian mummy head from the ancient world at public auction ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13 ancient mummies with gold tongues ... who is shown being accompanied by several ...

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which is at least 2,000 years old ...

While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects of curiosity, only a minimal amount of scholarship exists about them. Many questions have lingered since they were uncovered by ...