New imaging technology has allowed scientists to decipher the tattoos of an Iron Age mummy—and study them like never before.

From the iconic pyramids of Giza to the ancient temples lining the Nile River, a cruise through Egypt offers an unforgettable deep dive into one of the world’s oldest and most awe-inspiring ...

A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European apothecaries.

The oldest confirmed case of the illness in an ancient Egyptian mummy has shown the bubonic plague was around thousands of years before the Black Death in Europe ...

The mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun will not be transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo and will remain in its original tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. The decision to keep the ...

The NM team initiated a reverse image search that led us to an Instagram post by Egyptian archaeologist and mummy researcher Mahmoud Hamam dated February 18, 2024. The post, dated much before June ...

The director of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Ali Abdel-Halim, confirmed that the mummy of the young King Tutankhamun will not be transferred with the rest of his belongings to the Grand Egyptian ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids.

A research project led by Prof. Adam Gibson recently caught the attention of BBC News. Prof. Gibson and Prof. Melissa Terras worked with Cerys Jones (UCL Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical ...