One common claim about the Egyptian pyramids is that no bodies were ever found inside them. But fragments of mummies, bones, canopic remains, and royal burials have been discovered in several pyramids ...

Obsessed with Life, produced by MuseumsPartner, comes from the Moesgaard Museum in Denmark, which has borrowed the artifacts ...

In a remarkable archaeological find, a rare papyrus containing the ‘Book of the Dead’ has been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. This significant discovery, which includes a 3,500-year-old ...

A mummification workshop was discovered in the Saqqara necropolis, along with a communal burial place consisting of several burial chambers, from the Saite-Persian Period.

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has been found incorporated into the mummification process. Reading time 2 ...

Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries. Researchers at the University of Southern California recently conducted virtual autopsies on two ...

According to preliminary studies, four of the coffins date to the 18th Dynasty, including one bearing the name of Merit, believed to be a chantress of Amun. Ongoing archaeological excavations at a ...