Mummies
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![Journalists film as the carriage carrying the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II (12791213 BC) advances as part of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies departing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on April 3, 2021, on their way to their new resting place at the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iZxuwnmrZk4dEDUUCk9c8k-320-80.jpg)
Glitzy parade of 22 mummified pharaohs fills Cairo streets
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The 22 mummies included 18 kings and four queens.
![Section of the papyrus that deals with swellings of the skin.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nwu6nCZU56LGDCX9xc8m5Q-320-80.jpg)
Ancient papyrus holds the world’s oldest guide to mummification
By Mindy Weisberger published
A newly discovered instruction manual for embalming mummies in ancient Egypt contains the earliest known description of these mysterious techniques.
![This beautifully decorated coffin (right) doesn't belong to the unusual mud-wrapped mummy (left) that was found inside it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4xJUxawbqL5aw4SyaReXuY-320-80.jpg)
Never-before-seen 'mud mummy' from Egypt discovered in wrong coffin
By Laura Geggel published
An ancient Egyptian mummy was damaged and then wrapped in an unusual mud carapace.
![This 2,000-year-old mummy was buried with a golden tongue, likely to help the deceased speak in the afterlife.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J3jQNThJKZbgnbtSY7hUDb-320-80.jpg)
Mummy with a gold tongue found in Egypt
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.
![This Pan hamadryas provided three tissue types: hair, bone and enamel. It's also missing its canines.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ocVATdXEphAbnBL8KQGUzi-320-80.jpg)
Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's trading partner
By Stephanie Pappas published
Ancient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.
![The man lived in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas, pictured here, sometime between 1,400 - 1,000 years ago. The arid area where he was buried caused his body to become naturally mummified.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DMNekywqxtk7UtwcwrKLa6-320-80.jpg)
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months
By Owen Jarus published
A man who died of constipation more than 1,000 years ago survived on just grasshoppers for months, his mummy has revealed.
![X-ray diffraction showed the mummy's unerupted adult teeth and a mass of resin inside the skull.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gFbhPQ9GgiZKzVoSfivdJe-320-80.jpg)
Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precision
By Mindy Weisberger published
High-energy X-ray scans of an intact Egyptian mummy mapped a detailed glimpse of the bones and objects inside.
![A close-up showing one of the mummy filled coffins. The colors are remarkably well preserved despite the passage of over 2,000 years of time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p9ctyEjEwD8yZ2RPPNYni7-320-80.jpg)
Mummy count continues to grow at ancient Egypt burial site
By Owen Jarus published
The number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing, archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities reported.
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