The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

The article explores the significance of Egyptian mummies, especially those of prominent figures like Tutankhamun, Ramesses II, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Seti I, in providing insights into ...

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients ... built during the Old Kingdom period and six centuries after pharaoh Tutankhamen – whose mummy and fabulous funerary objects ...

Warren Dawson have written a very interesting and useful book on mummies, which appears in a ... besides a sketch of the history of the practice in Egypt which, being written by the chief ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 B.C. These ... so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and a few favourites. Everybody else was given a ...

Looking at the grand parade and its entourage, it was almost difficult to believe that it was the ‘mummies’ of the Pharaohs and not the Pharaohs themselves driving past, who ruled Egypt ...

It is a mask for a rich ancient Egyptian. This mask was put on top of a mummy's bandages to protect the head. This is a blue glazed shabti figure of a pharaoh called Sety I. A shabti is a little ...

The intricate details of tattoos inked more than 1200 years ago have been made visible by scanning South American mummies with lasers. The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people known as the ...