One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming. A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science ...

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

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

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 ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

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A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently ... evidence of this particular embalming technique.

This mask would have been worn by a priest during funeral rituals.Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of ...