Mummification is one of the most fascinating practices from ancient history, especially in Ancient Egypt. It was a careful process used to preserve the body after death so the soul could continue its ...

Ongoing excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, have unearthed two mummification workshops and the tombs of two significant priests. The site’s latest treasures, which Egypt’s ...

CAIRO – Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt’s famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo. The discovery which includes ...

The largest cache of embalming vessels discovered in Egypt included pots containing resins, oils and myrrh. Petr Košárek, Charles University Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt found ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and one for animals — at Saqqara. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies. The ...

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body. Egyptians believed in ...