Egyptian burial

A team of archaeologists in Egypt have found structures, burials, and objects dating back to the Byzantine and Late periods in the Necropolis of Meir in the Assiut governorate. The discovery was important due to the breadth of finds from...

The ancient Egyptians employed embalming procedures to preserve carcasses, and researchers have recently uncovered previously unknown data about these practices. Analyses of chemical residue found within vessels from the only known Egyptian embalming factory and from the burial chambers in...

CT scans have been used to unwrap the secrets of the mummified 2,300-year-old remains of an ancient Egyptian teenager, dubbed the "Golden Boy" mummy. The Golden Boy earned his moniker on account of the forty-nine precious amulets that adorned...