Archaeologists Discover Mummified Legs Inside an Ancient Egyptian Tomb, Believe 'It Truly Belong to Queen Nefertari' In 2016, ...

While mummification was a common practice, the mummies of prominent figures, such as pharaohs and high-ranking officials, were often more carefully prepared and lavishly buried. The most famous ...

Initially, mummification was so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and a few favourites. Everybody else was given a simple grave burial in one of the vast cemeteries or ...

Once Morares had revealed the Pharaoh's face, he noticed that it didn't match the god that had been depicted in statues. 'Many mummies, such as Amenhotep I, show a retrognathism or overbite ...

There are some secrets of the pharaohs, however, that can be revealed only by studying their mummies. By carrying out CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy, we were able in 2005 to show that he did ...

Here is our full rundown of Amenti; explaining its story, ending, and its inspiration. Warning for spoilers throughout.

Getting a body ready for eternal life takes time. Priests and embalmers during the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550-1319 B.C.) generally spent 70 days preparing a pharaoh for burial—from the first ...

The University of Manchester is hosting a day school to discuss the scientific study of ancient Egyptian mummies, which will include the question, was the great Pharaoh Ramesses II a true redhead?

The ancient Egyptians preserved the bodies of important people through mummification. They built special tombs to be buried in, which they filled with all their favourite things. Some pharaohs ...

Movie mummies are known for two things ... almost 20 years after the tomb's opening. But while the pharaoh's curse may lack bite, it hasn't lost the ability to fascinate audiences—which may ...

British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators opened the doors to the sarcophagus of the ruler itself.