According to S. J. Wolfe, author of the 2009 Mummies in Nineteenth Century America: Ancient Egyptians as Artifacts, the khedive had read Why We Laugh, a book by Cox, a polymath who produced tomes ...

There are mummies by design ... and burial procedures in ancient Egypt. Indeed, for most people, the word "mummy" is pretty much synonymous with the Egyptian variety. But culturally induced ...

Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies. However, the early Egyptians also left behind other ancient clues that we can use to learn about their daily ...

"People would make devotional offerings in the form of animals as mummies. This would have more potency as a blood sacrifice, ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general population as well. In ancient Egypt, mummification was a long and complex ...

1525–1504 BCE), New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt (image via Metropolitan Museum of Art) Success ... please join us as a member. What did ancient mummies smell like? What types of scents, perfumes ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

A blockbuster show on King Tutankhamun, the young pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt from ... life of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun while exploring statues, coffins and animal mummies found ...