A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European ...

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Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered eight limestone sarcophagi containing mummies at a site 25 miles south of Cairo. Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said the mummies dating to the Late Period ...

Several mummies with gold tongues have been discovered during excavations at an ancient necropolis in Egypt. Researchers with an Egyptian archaeological mission found the unusual remains after ...

CT scans revealed unexpected findings inside these ancient Egyptian mummies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When ...

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Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods. Nature Communications, 2017; 8: 15694 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15694; ...

A picture shows small statues of mummies found at the Tuna-al-Gebel site, exhibited during a press conference on October 15, 2023. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Some ancient Egyptian tombs contain millions of mummified ibises, or hook-billed shorebirds sacrificed in honor of the ibis-headed god Thoth. The origins of these avian mummies have long been ...