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The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died "screaming from agony," researchers say. The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in a ...

A 3,000-year-old mummy — purportedly buried in a ritual sacrifice — was discovered by archeologists who dug through eight tons of trash at a garbage dump in Peru. Traces of the grisly artifact were ...

A stunning archaeological discovery has recently been made in the Caral region of Peru, where a 5,000-year-old mummy was found in an ancient garbage dump. The unearthing of the remarkably preserved ...

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the inclination—to smell the aromas wafting off the gilded sarcophagi and elaborately ...

Scans of ancient Egyptian mummified children revealed that many of them suffered from a common illness that caused physical deformities. Researchers used CT scans to peer inside 21 mummies and found ...

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 ...

Published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the study assessed 35 balm and bandage samples from 19 mummies dating ...

X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two mummies dated to ...

LONDON (AP) - Even without modern-day temptations like fast food or cigarettes, people had clogged arteries some 4,000 years ago, according to the biggest-ever hunt for the condition in mummies.

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 ...