Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

The article explores the significance of Egyptian mummies, especially those of prominent figures like Tutankhamun, Ramesses II, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Seti I, in providing insights into ...

Warren Dawson have written a very interesting and useful book on mummies, which appears in a ... besides a sketch of the history of the practice in Egypt which, being written by the chief ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13 ancient mummies with gold tongues and nails in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus. The team made the finds when they dug down to the bottom of a ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved the dead. Arid desert ...

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 ...

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients ... bitumen and olive oil. But a real surprise was the presence of substances sourced apparently from forests in Southeast Asia ...

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...

The health status of people living in ancient times has remained under wraps—quite literally so in the case of Egyptian mummies. But thanks in part to developments in medical imaging ...

The topics in this series were developed by <strong>New Scientist</strong> in association with the <strong>Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences</strong> in Sydney ...