Mummification is among the best-known religious practices of the ancient Egyptians, yet apart from a few textual descriptions and tomb paintings, very little is known about the facilities where this ...

We dig into the missing heart of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun and what archaeologists have learned a century since the discovery of the young pharaoh’s tomb. This spectacular mask represents an ...

After actor Gene Hackman and his wife were discovered deceased and in a state of mummification inside their home, one expert ...

Scan of Amenhotep I’s coffin with mummy inside(Courtesy Sahar Saleem) It’s not every day that scientists have the opportunity to look inside the coffin of a ...