Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

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

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

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

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...