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Egyptian authorities Wednesday identified a mummy found a century ago as the remains of Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's few women pharaohs and one of its most mysterious rulers. In a ...
Using non-invasive, digital techniques, Egyptian scientists have used three-dimensional computerized tomography scanning to unwrap the 3,500-year-old mummy and study its contents.
In 1942, the tomb of an Egyptian general, Amentefnakht, was uncovered intact. The systems used to keep this Mummy undisturbed ...
Archeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,300 year-old mummy — possibly the oldest one ever found in the country — during an extraordinary dig near Cairo, officials announced Thursday. The mummy ...
One Egyptian mystery was "unwrapped" by computers this week. Egyptologists digitally unwrapped a 3,500-year-old pharaoh for the first time, giving historians insight into a new period of Egyptian ...
Recent archaeological finds in Egypt include a family burial plot and an excavated Roman city near Luxor. Two ancient tombs were found near Cairo.
After years of research, Egyptian authorities believe they finally have a clearer picture of who this now 3,000-year-old person was.
Tattoos found on other Egyptian mummies have been of abstract designs -- but this mummy's tattoos were different ...
The German pharmaceutical advertised, "Genuine Egyptian mummy as long as the supply lasts, 17 marks 50 per kilogram." Rich old Europeans didn't actually eat up all the mummies.
The long-lost remains of an Egyptian mummy, stolen from a tomb and smuggled to the United States, is to be returned home after more than 90 years. The skull and two dismembered hands are to be ...
An international team of researchers has reconstructed the face and brain of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy, revealing a unique "packing" embalming treatment.
Scientists have revealed what the voice of a mummified Egyptian priest who lived 3,000 years ago would have sounded like by 3-D printing his vocal tract.