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Ancient papyrus holds the world’s oldest guide to mummificationA newly discovered instruction manual for embalming mummies in ancient Egypt contains the earliest known description of these mysterious techniques.
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Never-before-seen 'mud mummy' from Egypt discovered in wrong coffinAn ancient Egyptian mummy was damaged and then wrapped in an unusual mud carapace.
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Mummy with a gold tongue found in EgyptArchaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.
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Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's trading partnerAncient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.
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Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for monthsA man who died of constipation more than 1,000 years ago survived on just grasshoppers for months, his mummy has revealed.
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Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precisionHigh-energy X-ray scans of an intact Egyptian mummy mapped a detailed glimpse of the bones and objects inside.
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Mummy count continues to grow at ancient Egypt burial siteThe 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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Archaeologists finally peer inside Egyptian mummies first found in 1615Ancient painted mummies found in Egypt more than 400 years ago were finally examined with CT scans.
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Dozens of ancient penguin 'mummies' discovered at lost nesting site in AntarcticaMelting snow in Antarctica reveals ancient penguin 'mummies' dating to 5,000 years ago.
