A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s ...

Egypt’s antiquities authorities have identified two adjacent mummification workshops at Saqqara, the largest such facilities ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn't a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

A remarkable discovery at Saqqara has unveiled an ancient Egyptian embalming workshop, revealing mummification as a sophisticated blend of art and chemistry. Analysis of vessels uncovered complex ...

Unknown artist, “Mesu Smelling a Lotus” (c. 1525–1504 BCE), New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt (image via Metropolitan Museum of Art) What did ancient mummies smell like? What types of scents, perfumes, and ...

A rare discovery reveals that a fragment of Homer's Iliad was placed on a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy during burial, puzzling archaeologists.

With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in 1935 in a ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mummification practices ...