Explore the 'City of the dead' in ancient Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered in the 'city of the dead' buried under the sand in the city of Saqqara, about 32 km south of Cairo, Egypt, with countless creepy details.
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Archaeologists have discovered in the 'city of the dead' buried under the sand in the city of Saqqara, about 32 km south of Cairo, Egypt, with countless creepy details.
4 Eskimo youths who lived in the 1500s became mummies thanks to the special climate of the island of Greenland, keeping the secret of young death to this day.
Scientists found numerous animal mummies and many other valuable relics in an ancient Egyptian tomb dating back thousands of years.
Archaeologists are like 'digging gold' when they accidentally discovered 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummies exposed beneath the hot, thick sand.
The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry said researchers had unearthed an unusually large animal mummy, most likely a lion mummy.
When it comes to mummies, people will always think of Egypt and the mysterious stories surrounding it, but in fact they can be found in many other places, one of which i…
Due to the cold climate, the female body from the mid-19th century accidentally became a mummy, a part of clothing is preserved.
Archaeologists have opened the lid of 30 3,000-year-old coffins discovered in Egypt's Asasif cemetery and were surprised to find the mummies inside intact, perfectly pre…
Three skeletons dating from the Roman Empire period were found underground in the capital Rome in a state of almost intact preservation.
8 Inuit mummies, including adults and children, are the most intact mummies ever discovered in North America.
An analysis of ancient mummies by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Science Center shows that ancient people who lived 4,000 years ago in areas now known as…
Archaeologists all claim that the pharaoh who ruled 3,000 years ago died of natural causes but was all wrong.
An ancient settlement and mummy about three thousand years old have been discovered in the vicinity of Yemen's capital Sanaa.
A female mummy in an unbelievably intact silk outfit in a stone casket sunk deep in the waters of Siberia (Russia) was discovered by experts when the water in the dam dr…
More than 4,000 years ago in Egypt, dozens of people died from terrible wounds that were embalmed and 'locked up' in the cliff near Luxor province.