(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) Here's something archaeologists don't see every day, or indeed ever: ...

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has ...

Mummification is one of the most fascinating practices from ancient history, especially in Ancient Egypt. It was a careful process used to preserve the body after death so the soul could continue its ...

Ancient Egypt. Gods and goddesses. A video exploring some of the many gods and goddesses of Ancient Egyptian civilisation and ...

With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in 1935 in a ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

The intricate mysteries of ancient Egyptian mummification are being unraveled at Semmelweis University in Hungary, where researchers have employed a state-of-the-art photon-counting CT scanner to ...

Unknown artist, “Mesu Smelling a Lotus” (c. 1525–1504 BCE), New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt (image via Metropolitan Museum of Art) What did ancient mummies smell like? What types of scents, perfumes, and ...

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a ...