Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

Nearly 4,000 years after her death, the ancient tomb of an Egyptian priestess named Idi has been found in Asyut, Egypt.

An Egyptian mummy's wish was fulfilled after he was enabled to speak 3,000 years after his death when scientists recreated ...

How did traces of cocaine, a plant native to South America, end up in Egyptian mummies from 3,000 years ago? 🕵️‍♂️ This ...

SCIENTISTS have been able to peer inside a 3,000-year-old Egyptian "locked mummy" coffin, without unwrapping the ancient casing. Using 3D scans, researchers caught a rare glimpse inside ancient ...

This is the true face of the 'golden boy' – a mysterious teenage mummy interred in lavish style with a hoard of treasures to serve him in the afterlife. Found in Edfu, Upper Egypt, the mummy ...

Scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago used advanced scanning technology to uncover new secrets of ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

An Egyptian mug from 2,000 years ago was last used to serve up a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, according to ground-breaking ...