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

Researchers in Poland have made quite the unique discovery, they have found the remains of the first embalmed pregnant ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

Nine steps down a stone staircase in Egypt’s Aga Khan Mausoleum, archaeologists discovered a host of hieroglyphic ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

The first complete DNA study of an Ancient Egyptian has revealed he was probably a celebrated potter who was given an oddly ...

From mid-November onwards, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will host the ‘Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums ...