Egyptian archaeologists completing their 10th season of excavations at Gerza, 75 miles southwest of modern day Cairo, have announced the excavation of two full mummy portraits and further fragmentary ...

Some may say it’s a sight for sore eyes. A 2,800-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy head that had been locked away in a cupboard for decades has been put up for sale. The precious artifact was brought to ...

The outer sarcophagus of a woman buried at Abusir el-Malaq. (Credit: bpk/Aegyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, SMB/Sandra Steiss) DNA recovered from ancient Egyptian mummies is revealing the mosaic ...

MINYA, Egypt — The depiction of a beloved ‘Simpsons’ character has been discovered inside a 3,400-year-old Egyptian mummy’s sarcophagus. On the inner lid of the coffin, archaeologists found a drawing ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists have ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two mummies outfitted with golden tongues at the ancient town of Oxyrhynchus, bringing the total number of golden tongues found at the location to 16, ...

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919, ...

A new exhibition at Denmark’s Moesgaard Museum is promising to transport visitors back 3,500 years through the power of smell. “Ancient Egypt–Obsessed with Life” does not feature sculptural works or ...