Ancient Egyptians believed that the deceased continued ... To restore its natural shape, the body was filled with linen or sand. It was then anointed with oils and resin to soften the skin and ...

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun's tomb.

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

Insight into the embalming techniques of Ancient Egyptians in particular has greatly ... a substance used to dry out the body prior to wrapping linen bandages around it. Scholar Ramadan Badry ...

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

From hand-dyed eggs to whimsical tableware, Sham El-Nessim offers the perfect excuse to bring a burst of spring into your ...

But to fully delve into what personal style means in a modern context, we have to start somewhere within its loose history.

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a ... Priests dried out the body of the person who died with salt and wrapped it in linen cloth before conducting the "Opening of the Mouth ...

Inside the tomb, a human skeleton was found covered with material made from a mixture of linen fabric and plaster ... a collective name for dwarf deities in ancient Egyptian mythology.

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like ...