In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...

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The Manchester Museum in northern England is asking visitors whether it should withdraw an ancient Egyptian mummy from its ...

The mummy, "found inside covered with gold leaf … may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date," he said. ... Researchers 'digitally unwrap' an ancient Egyptian mummy.

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

Of all the animals that the ancient Egyptians venerated, baboons were the only ones not native to Egypt, Van Neer added. The baboons are thought to have played a role in ancient Egyptian rituals ...

Researchers wanted to know if today’s mummies still carry traces of the original embalming materials. And if so, could those scents help museums better preserve and explain thes ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: KriveArt/Getty Images The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify ...

When people died after entering the ancient pyramids for the first time it was blamed on a Pharaoh's Curse or Mummy's Revenge ...

Some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies, dating back to roughly 5000 B.C.E.,formed when the remains of deceased individuals were buried in hot, dry sand and mummified naturally.