Scientists have managed a feat they once thought impossible: peering beneath the layers of linen that once swathed the mummy of King Amenhotep I. And they didn’t even have to unwrap him at all.

The 300-year-old mummified body of a vicar has been "exceptionally well preserved" - thanks to a never-before-seen embalming method. The mummy - known locally as "The Air-Dried Priest" - was embalmed ...

His mummified body was discovered in 1881, at the Deir el Bahari archeological site in southern Egypt. Hieroglyphic inscriptions on the coffin showed that the mummy had been unwrapped, restored and ...

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LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

Technology has revolutionized the way we see mummified remains from ancient Egypt. With CT scans, Egyptologists can see remains in unprecedented detail without unwrapping them. Here are eight recent ...

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Mexico City — Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National ...