Every time archaeologists discover an ancient mummy, excitement soon follows. Mummies, of course, are often so well preserved that they capture the essence of who ancient peoples were when they were ...

The ancient Egyptian priest, Hor-Djehuty, was important enough to earn himself a spiffy sarcophagus for his corpse. The only problem for the ancient priest, however, was that he was not the corpse who ...

“It’s like finding a treasure trove while you are picking up mushrooms in a forest,” an archaeologist said. “We are overwhelmed with this discovery.” By Allyson Waller An Egyptian mummy that for ...

Researchers have discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy, dating from the first century in Egypt. The find was unexpected, as inscriptions on the mummy's coffin suggested the remains inside ...

"Never in my 50 years in archaeology have I experienced something on such a grand scale as this," said Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass Discovery Channel viewers on Sunday got to go back 2,500 years in ...

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Every time archaeologists discover an ancient mummy, excitement soon follows. Mummies, of course, are often so well preserved that they capture the essence of who ancient peoples were when they were ...

Great news for fans of late ’90s/early 2000s horror franchises: Oded Fehr, a.k.a. Ardeth Bay from The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, is back on your screens as Charles Vance in the latest episode of ...

The “sinister” granite tomb was dug out in Alexandria City where some believe Alexander the Great himself is buried. The exciting discovery was met with cheers by the Egyptian Council of Antiquities ...

A prominent Egyptologist has boldly claimed to have solved one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries: the location of Queen Nefertiti’s mummified remains. Zahi Hawass, the previous Minister of State for ...

Correction: This story has been updated to clarify the body was estimated to have been buried about 3,500 years ago. More than two millennia ago, an unnamed woman died under unknown circumstances.

As kids all over the country clamor to see the feature film The Mummy, Discovery Kids tells the real story with a morning of special programing all about mummies, the bandaged ones whose lives in ...