No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

Archeologists may have uncovered the oldest and "most complete" mummy ever found in Egypt during a recent excavation at a site in Saqqara, about 20 miles from Cairo. Dr. Zahi Hawass, the country's ...

Museo EgizioFred, the Turin mummy. One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending ... as Fred but from a different location and found evidence that hinted at mummy embalming.

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was ... damage this unique mummification technique. Related 4,000-year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape Scientists have used other methods ...

the oldest example of tattooing in general come courtesy of the mummy known as Ötzi who was discovered in Europe back in 1991. Ötzi’s tattoos, unlike those found on the young Egyptians ...