Humans carry genes that predispose us to atherosclerosis, the disease that causes heart attacks, because those same genes may have once helped our ancestors survive and reproduce. That's the ...

Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ...

Wigs were commonly worn by elite men and women in ancient Egypt. They allowed people to have elaborate hairstyles but also ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

I had just turned 10 when The Mummy came out in May of 1999, and I remember cowering, wide-eyed, behind my giant bag of popcorn topped with Sno-Caps as man-eating CGI scarabs terrorized the characters ...

Egypt has repatriated 36 smuggled ancient artifacts from the US in a coordinated repatriation effort involving the US and Egyptian authorities ...

Egypt recovered 36 ancient artifacts from the United States that had been smuggled out of the country, authorities announced ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a word maven, which I got from my mother, a word maven of the first water. For example, instead of playing patty cake, we played word games of all sorts. The ...

The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is hosting its annual Mummy Day event on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free, ...

In the works for decades, the massive, often overwhelming museum has finally opened to the public, displaying a trove of ...

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, who starred in the late 1990s-2000s iteration of "The Mummy," may reprise their roles in a ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...