Before his discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, it's rumored that Howard Cater, the renowned Egyptologist, ...

No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

"This mummy may be the oldest ... was part of a "group of Old Kingdom tombs," which included resting places belonging to Khnum-djed-ef, "a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas," and "Meri ...

This mummified boy, approximately one-year-old, was found in the same grave. He, too, is believed to have been a sacrificial victim who was buried alive. This mummy of a woman, who was ...

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...

and underneath that a mummy, it was a moment that no one could really describe. Relief from the tomb of Kai, showing traces of 4,600-year-old paint. NOVA: You've been excavating the tombs of the ...

An artefact gives us a little window into another timeand this one helps us travel back nearly 5000 years to the Old Kingdom in ... Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was ...

The wrapping of the fabrics has created an intricate pattern on the mummy's face which resembles the architectural design of Egypt's famous pyramids. The amount of ... Related 4,000-year-old tablets ...