CAIRO – Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt’s famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo. The discovery which includes ...

The largest cache of embalming vessels discovered in Egypt included pots containing resins, oils and myrrh. Petr Košárek, Charles University Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of ...

Scientists have unearthed what they believe to be the oldest known evidence of human mummification in Southeast Asia. The findings, estimated to be around 12,000 years old, set a new record for the ...

Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies. The ...

Archaeologists in Egypt found ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and one for animals — at Saqqara. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body. Egyptians believed in ...

Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms — and resurrected the scent. Those eager to sample this whiff of the past will be able to ...

Trying to re-create the scents and smells of the past is a daunting challenge, given the ephemeral nature of these olfactory cues. Now scientists have identified the compounds in the balms used to ...

Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery is made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in the Sado Valley in Portugal, dating to 8,000 years ...

A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3500 years ago. In an innovative endeavor to create a sensory bridge to the ...