Ancient Egyptians wanted to go to the afterlife in one piece, with no parts missing. This is why the elite, who had the means to do so, would mummify their dead. They wanted to get the whole ...

It is now illegal to take mummies or any other ancient artefact from Egypt. There are still a lot of mummies left in private houses though, bought more than a century ago and sometimes forgotten about ...

Mummification stood as a symbol of the intrinsic belief of the ancient Egyptians- a life after death. In ancient Egyptian mythology, the Duat (also spelled Duat or Dwat) was the realm of the dead ...

A new study has revealed what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like – and the results might surprise you. Researchers from UCL ...

The class could prepare questions they would ask to an ancient Egyptian about the mummification process. This could be followed by a hot seating exercise, with pupils taking it in turns to play to ...

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients – some apparently imported from as far away as Southeast Asia – to mummify their dead, as revealed by a new analysis of containers ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird ... to be sacrificed, mummified, and offered ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity under poor conditions. By studying baboon remains from sites like Gabbanat ...

the ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying their dead would ensure entry to an afterlife. The process took around 70 days and would have been overseen by a priest. The body would have been washed ...