He is known to be history's one of most powerful rulers. His mummy was unearthed in 1881 as a well-preserved body that provided details about his physical appearance and health. Ramesses II's ...

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

We will get to the very beginning of human history, but I'm not going to start there because I want to begin with the mummies -which is where I began when I first came through these doors into the ...

Mummies have been cast by popular culture and ... David Abulafia, professor emeritus of Mediterranean history at Cambridge University, called the decision "strange." Ancient Origins joked that ...

Nesyamun is very important as the only Mummy to have been dated to this period ... Nesyamun's place in our history of the world is as someone who has passed through it, but who continues to ...

After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence, or L.S.F., an imaging tool that until now had never been applied to tattoos, scientists discovered lines 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters ...

The film will be "The Mummy" from 1932, featuring Boris Karloff and Zita Johann and HORUS Patron, Prof Joann Fletcher, will complement the film with a talk about "The History of Mummy Horror".

We will get to the very beginning of human history, but I'm not going to start there because I want to begin with the mummies -which is where I began when I first came through these doors into the ...