Mummies
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What is the ancient Egyptian 'mummy's curse'?
By Owen Jarus last updated
Here's how the idea of a "mummy's curse" got started.
'Massive trauma' found on 1,000-year-old South American mummies
By Patrick Pester published
South American mummies were likely brutally murdered 1,000 years ago, and the evidence is still preserved today, a new study finds.
Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
By Owen Jarus last updated
Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people.
Hundreds of ancient Egyptian sarcophagi, cat mummies and gold-leafed statues unearthed at necropolis
By Tom Metcalfe last updated
Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of artifacts at the necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo.
Book of the Dead fragments, half a world apart, are pieced together
By Laura Geggel last updated
Historians found that a Book of the Dead segment from New Zealand matched another in Los Angeles.
Mummy Found Hiding Inside Ancient Buddha Statue
By Tia Ghose last updated
An ancient papier-mâché statue of a meditating Buddha contained the body of an 11th-century monk.
Ancient Egyptian cache of mummification supplies unearthed
By Owen Jarus last updated
Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian cache of embalming supplies for mummification in Abusir.
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