Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

While installing new pipes in Lima, Peru, utility workers stumbled upon a pre-Inca burial: a mummy of a child between ages 10 and ... including Lima, mainly funerary elements: tombs, burials and, ...

In a stunning archaeological find, a 1,000-year-old mummy has been discovered just over a metre below ground during a routine gas pipeline installation in Lima, Peru.

The Bronze Age Xiaohe culture (ca. 1950–1400 BCE) is renowned for its distinctive funerary practices and exceptional organic preservation, largely due to its location in a hyperarid environment ...

The mummy may therefore present "possibly [the] first evidence" of magnetite used for tattooing in the past in South America. The body was found in a sitting position with no accompanying funerary ...

Researchers have revealed the mystery behind a well-preserved 18th-century mummy in Austria, highlighting a unique embalming method involving zinc and fabric.

Long Beach resident Evan Halleck is using social media to chronicle his mission to amass the world’s largest collection of “The Mummy” on VHS. His one rule is that he must acquire tapes ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which depict a man and a woman of high social status who lived in the community.

Toddler finds nearly 4,000-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet while vacationing in Israel The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr", which means “to come into being” or “to be ...

Tutankhamun’s burial was part of a funerary ritual? Recently, King Tutankhamun's tomb has been raised to the limelight again because of a claim made by a scientist.

Modern Tech Helps Reveal Mysteries of the 2,300-Year-Old Bashiri Mummy Learn more about the mysterious Bashiri Mummy and how it remained untouched for all these years.

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ever unearthed it.