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

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

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

he was the one who invented the process of embalming bodies to preserve them. Which became quite a thing for the Ancient Egyptians, as King Tut’s remains would demonstrate. The Egyptian god ...

or affordable painted clay jars to store one’s innards to expensive Egyptian alabaster — the customer was always right. “The evidence we uncovered shows the embalmers had very good business ...

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An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ... pine and juniper resins used in embalming. The study published Thursday ...