The recent unsealing of a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus has unveiled a mummy that has left experts astounded due to its ...

We begin in Egypt in 1890, as a body is boxed up and shipped out to none other than Woodstone Mansion. As the box is wheeled ...

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

CAIRO — A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

Heart disease is supposedly a modern affliction, the result of a diet rich in animal fat and too many hours spent on the sofa. But recent discoveries suggest that strokes and heart attacks may have ...

MINYA, Egypt — The depiction of a beloved ‘Simpsons’ character has been discovered inside a 3,400-year-old Egyptian mummy’s sarcophagus. On the inner lid of the coffin, archaeologists found a drawing ...

Officials in Egypt say they've uncovered 17 mummies in an ancient burial site, most of which are intact. Egyptology professor Salah al-Kholi of Cairo University said there may be as many as 32 mummies ...