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 ...

This ancient mummy's secrets had remained hidden for 3,500 years, but modern technology recently let researchers peek inside without disturbing it at all. How researchers in Egypt used computerized ...

LUXOR, Egypt – The linen wrapped mummy of King Tut was put on public display for the first time on Sunday – 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh’s golden enshrined tomb and mummy were ...

In The Mummy (in theaters Friday), Sofia Boutella’s revenant Egyptian princess battles a cursed Tom Cruise. Here’s a look back at the history of movie mummies, from South America to Cairo to an East ...

SAQQARA, Egypt - Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian labourers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing -- for the ...

Archaeologists discovered the 4,300-year-old Hekashepes near the Step Pyramid wrapped in gold leaf. Egypt announced numerous archaeological findings recently in efforts to revive its tourism industry.

Opening March 20, "Mummies" lets visitors peer inside remains thousands of years old—all without disturbing or unwrapping them. The oldest mummies in the world are found in Peru, dating back more than ...

Archeologists recently dug up dozens of ancient mummy priests without bringing a curse down on their heads — so they’ve gone back and done it again. Egyptian authorities say they have unearthed dozens ...

At top is the infrared image of the male mummy known as Gebelein Man. On the lower left is a detail of the tattoos observed on his right arm under infrared light. On the lower right are the mummy and ...

It’s 2020, the world is facing a coronavirus pandemic and Egypt is cracking open a few millennia-old mummy coffins in front of a live audience. What could go wrong? Dozens of people crowded around on ...