Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a rare burial chamber where several mummies were interred with thin gold foils in place of their tongues, a startling detail that fuses ritual, status, and ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery in Egypt's Nile Valley: They've unearthed at least 17 mostly intact mummies in a burial ground in the province of Minya, about 140 miles south of Cairo, ...

Mummies are most often associated with Egypt, where the oldest ones are about 4,500 years old. But researchers say they have found mummies that are much older, on the other side of the world. “We ...

Previously, some of the oldest mummies on earth were known to be in South America and dated back to about 7,000 years ago Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A ...

The bodies were arranged into crouched positions, then propped over or placed near a fire to slowly dehydrate. Australian National University New research suggests the world’s oldest mummies aren’t ...