Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery ...

The king’s mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year Eli Wizevich History Correspondent Before archaeologists confirmed the ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study.

In 2019, while excavating the necropolis of Qubbet el Hawa, across the Nile from Aswan in southern Egypt, Belgian and Spanish archaeologists unearthed a trove of mummified crocodiles: five almost ...

The mysterious 'Bashiri' mummy has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no expert has ever dared to touch it. The mummy, known as 'the untouchable one,' was ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The "Mysterious Lady" mummy viewed in a mixed-reality system reveals different aspects of the ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...