The mummy was thought to be taken from the "Tomb of Aline" in the Faiyum Oasis, located southwest of Cairo, the study said. The finding had come as a surprise to the scientists, who didn't set out ...

An archeological expedition by Egyptian and Russian researchers led to the discovery of an ancient coffin containing a well-preserved mummy in the village of Al Banat in the province El Faiyum ...

They’re still trying to put their finger on this mystery. Humanoid, three-fingered “alien mummies” discovered in Peru last ...

This July, he and his colleagues described the relatively recent discovery of three woolly rhinoceros mummies, one of which is new to science, in a paper published in the journal Doklady Earth ...

Scientists were finally able to analyze the DNA in the world’s oldest cheese, which was found two decades ago smeared on 3,500-year-old mummies. New technology allowed the team to trace the ...

Archaeologists have discovered mummies in Italy preserved for two thousand years. The remarkable find was made after an ancient sarcophagus in the ‘tomb of Cerberus’ in Naples was unsealed.

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

Three-dimensional CT scanning has been around for decades, but recent advances in image quality has allowed researchers to show ancient Egyptian mummies like never before. They can see remnants of ...

The health status of people living in ancient times has remained under wraps—quite literally so in the case of Egyptian mummies. But thanks in part to developments in medical imaging ...

Indie game developer and publisher Lost Turnip has confirmed the official release date for their latest title, Run From Mummies. We now know that the 2D action-adventure game, in which you explore ...

The animated comedy centers on three mummies secretly living in an underground city in Ancient Egypt. A twist of fate lands the mummies in modern London where they find themselves on a mission to ...

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