International newspapers several years ago reported the discovery of Queen Nefertiti's mummy, citing an English researcher ...

A joint Egyptian-Canadian archaeological team has identified the owner of ancient Theban Tomb, Kampp 23, located in the ...

STORY: You might think that a mummified corpse would have a fairly unpleasant stink.But according to scientists researching ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

In 1887 British archaeologist Flinders Petrie started excavating at the pyramid at Hawara near Egypt’s Al Fayyum Oasis in the hopes of finding tombs from ... the Al Fayyum mummy portrait of ...

The mystery of King Tutankhamun's death may finally have been solved after groundbreaking DNA evidence was found.

The tomb's giant false door. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the deceased could go in and out through it. . | Credit: Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum King Tut galleries prepares for their grand opening, with the arrival of his ceremonial chair.

Dr Joann Fletcher enters the tomb of an ancient Egyptian ... Egypt Dr Joann Fletcher explains how the ancient Egyptians preserved their dead and why mummies were buried in precious jewellery.

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Egyptian mummies with red and even blonde hair, sparking debate, curiosity, and ...