Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about ...

Sellers put well-wrapped mummies into coffins from different tombs to encourage people to buy them. The mismatch only comes to light when a mummy is studied scientifically. It is now illegal to take ...

Ancient Egyptians who could afford it prepared ... Priests became salesmen, offering simply wrapped mummies as well as more elaborate ones for people who could spend more—or thought they should.

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 ...

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 ...

Mummified mice are among the artefacts discovered in a decorated tomb recently unearthed near the Egyptian town of Sohag ... examines a carefully wrapped falcon. Among the treasures found inside ...

University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies A team from Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester features on tonight’s BBC Horizon programme ...

Egyptians: the masters of mummification ... high salt content of the region had helped to prevent decay. The mummies were wrapped in cloth, seaweed, leaves, grass matting and furs.

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 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 ...

This mummy mask is coated in gold leaf. 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 ...