Victorian fascination with ancient Egypt went far beyond museums and archaeology. For centuries, powdered mummy remains had ...

Scientists have never found evidence for anything supernatural. But a new study suggests the myth has acquired a very modern ...

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Staffordshire, has found evidence of potentially hazardous microbial growth on mummified human and animal remains advertised for sale online—posing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Howard Carter's discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s set off a wave of "Tutmania." So when his primary benefactor, ...

Take an unforgettable journey into the past at the California Science Center, where you can see and study real mummies from all over the world. The Mummies of the World exhibit provides new insight ...

The nationally recognized Mummies of the World exhibition will open at the Maryland Science Center (MSC), in Baltimore's Inner Harbor on Saturday, September 28, 2013. The presentation in Baltimore ...

After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade ...