No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

The Parliament of the Canary Islands asked the State to return the Guanche mummy from the National Archaeological ... from the British Museum to the Museum of Cairo. In Spain, some museums took ...

“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.

CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly ...

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently housed at the Egypt Museum in Cairo. The complex arrangement of ...

The archaeologist behind the discovery of an Ancient Egyptian tomb believes he may have found another tomb. Piers Litherland, the archaeologist who uncovered Pharaoh Thutmose II's tomb, says he may ...

Five years ago, when she began making enquiries into the mummy’s whereabouts, she came to believe it was in storage at the National Museum ... possession of the Museum of Cairo.

And although it costs an additional 100 Egyptian pounds (or $11) to enter, the Mummy Room should be high on your list of museum must-sees. Though the Egyptian Museum's fees are a bit steep ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster ...

The UK archaeologist behind the recent discovery of a tomb belonging to the pharaoh Thutmose II says he has discovered the location of a possible second tomb. Piers Litherland believes this latest ...