"This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy ... resting places belonging to Khnum-djed-ef, "a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas," and "Meri, who was an official in the royal palace ...

The thread was even picked up by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott in her nearly unknown volume Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy's Curse. "My research has not only confirmed that there is ...

Therefore, when we took off the lid of this sarcophagus and found inside another five-ton anthropoid sarcophagus, beautifully inscribed, and underneath that a mummy, it was a moment that no one ...

Egyptologists are hopeful that ongoing investigations using non-invasive techniques may finally uncover the identity of the ...

The complex arrangement of bandages over the mummy's face is said to resemble the architectural design of the Egyptian pyramids, which may indicate the reverence and respect held toward this ...

Unlike dozens of early pharaohs who were buried in or around pyramids or later pharaohs who ... flooded shortly after Thutmose II's burial, his mummy and the majority of his grave goods were ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

Pyramids were not booby-trapped Movies like "The Mummy" would have you believe pyramids were often booby-trapped. But that's not based in fact, said Browder. "The idea of booby traps in ancient ...

Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in which they prepared the body for burial. This involved removing all of the moisture from the body, including most of the ...

We all know what a pyramid looks like, but did you know there are more pyramids in Mexico than Egypt? They can be found all over the world and there are startling similarities between them ...