Since the tomb of King Tut was found, a set of four clay troughs were thought stands for wooden staffs. New research suggests ...

The amount of precision and finesse in the mummy's packaging suggests that this individual was a very important figure in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the body remains unknown ...

Credit: A. Ledo/ Warsaw Mummy Project A recent study has ended a four-year-long mystery over an ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be a pregnant woman who died from cancer. The findings reveal ...

(NewsNation) — New skeletons hidden in Egyptian pyramids are raising questions about long-standing assumptions regarding the role of pyramids in ancient Egyptian culture. Skeletons discovered at ...

First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector ... Wheat roots and seeds from ancient plants were also found. Sherif Fathy—Minister ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos ... and didn't leave any remains of the king's mummy or sarcophagus behind, Wegner said. Archaeologists are still investigating ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were reserved for the richest members of society – but an analysis of burials at a site called Tombos suggests low-status workers ...

Of course, it would not be a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts without mummies. Those on view at the Grand Egyptian Museum include a 4,000 year old preserved crocodile, the gold-plated ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija ... This makes a lot of sense, Strlič says, given that most ancient Egyptian mummified remains are housed in sarcophagi, which ...

Ancient Egyptians were quite fond of their dogs. While some were used for hunting, shepherding or as watchdogs, many were pets. This sculpture definitely represents a domesticated dog because the ...

Ptolemaic Egyptian constellations at Dendera. Credit: wikimedia commons / Olaf Tausch / CC BY 3.0 Ancient Egyptian astrology used a zodiac system with 12 signs, much like the one used today. However, ...