A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

New Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries including a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues were made in Fayoum, Egypt.

One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming. A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science ...

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič ... scientists identified nine mummified people from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. Some of the remains dated back to the ...

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently ... evidence of this particular embalming technique.

A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial ...