SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists found a rare intact mummy dating to pharaonic times when they opened a sealed limestone sarcophagus on Wednesday in the shadow of the world's oldest ...

When most people picture Egyptian pyramids, they imagine gold treasures and mummy-filled chambers straight out of an adventure movie. The reality turns out to be far more bizarre. Archaeologists have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

New Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries including a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues were made in ...

After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade ...

Ibis mummy and figure of Imhotep, Egypt. The tombs which hold the Ibis run to many, many chambers - the numbers of birds found and still to be excavated has been estimated to run into many millions.

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Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...