Two ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and another for animals — have been discovered at Saqqara in Egypt. The workshops date back around 2,300 years and were in use between the late ...

It’s been thousands of years, but still, much of ancient Egypt’s mummification practices remain hidden in history. But now, researchers are sniffing out new clues. Using cutting-edge technology, ...

A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3500 years ago. In an innovative endeavor to create a sensory bridge to the ...

The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Around 2,500 years old, the 31 jars were discovered in an ...

In honor of the "Mummies of the World" exhibit on display Feb. 10-Sept. 2 at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, here are answers to five top questions about mummies. When most people think of ...

Mummification is among the best-known religious practices of the ancient Egyptians, yet apart from a few textual descriptions and tomb paintings, very little is known about the facilities where this ...

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, reportedly had a bottle of pills next to her when the couple were found dead in their Santa Fe home — but did the medication contribute to her body’s state of ...

Ancient Egyptians certainly knew how to preserve a human body. Sadly, few guides exist explaining the mummification process Ancient Egyptians used. As such, a recent discovery is more than just a cool ...

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body. Egyptians believed in ...

Researchers have utilized a new non-invasive paleoproteomic approach to extract ancient proteins from a 4000-year-old Egyptian mummy. The findings suggest the technique could be used to analyze ...

Kenady Michaelis, 11, helped her group wrap a chicken with long strips of paper as part of the class’ unit on ancient Egypt. The Trinity Episcopal School sixth-graders turned their Cornish chickens ...

The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Around 2,500 years old, the 31 jars were discovered in an ...