Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial Egyptian mummified person. The body of the individual, originally believed ...

It is a huge archaeological discovery. But who in Ancient Egypt was it built for? Egyptologists have been left puzzled.

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums and universities should be banned as it may offend the 'wishes of the ancestors', MPs have claimed. The all-party Parliamentary Group ...

A recent international study led by archaeologist Kamila Braulińska from the University of Warsaw challenged previous claims ...

Scientists Find Evidence of High-Quality Mummification of Dwarves in Ancient Egypt, Believe They Were Revered Different ...