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

For long before the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, theories of curses over anyone who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh abounded. One of the earliest accounts of an Egyptian ...

The extraordinary care with which that Bashiri mummy was wrapped suggests this person was also of great importance in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the corpse remains unknown ...

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial ...

“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.

Researchers analyzed the volatile compounds emitted from nine mummies spanning nearly 2000 years of Egyptian history and found that the scents still lingering today could tell us how the bodies were ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

The "Mysterious Lady" mummy viewed in a mixed-reality system reveals different aspects of the inside of her body. | Credit: Ł. Kownacki An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

One of the earliest accounts of an Egyptian mummy curse is the 1699 account of a Polish traveller who transported two mummies from Alexandria. The sea voyage was beset by great storms and the Pole ...