Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

We’re way ahead of anyone in Britain. Ancient Egyptian: What have you got in this linen sack thing anyway? Oh, a calendar! Now that is useful. It’s similar to our own solar calendar which has ...

Ancient Egyptians who could afford it prepared their ... dried, and wrapped in linen. "Victual mummies" is what Ikram calls this gourmet jerky for the hereafter. "Whether or not you got it ...

A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force ...

What it is: A wooden model with plaster, paint and linen decorations Where it is ... diorama was discovered in a secret chamber of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Thebes (now Luxor) in 1920.