Egyptology

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...

The largest embalming vessel cache ever found in Egypt was unearthed last week at Abusir, north of Giza, the location of the Great Pyramids. The amazing discovery, including vessels with the names of the dead who were to have been...

During a news conference on Saturday, Egyptian antiquities officials announced stunning new finds at the burial site of Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country's capital. In what many consider one of the most important finds in recent memory, archaeologists...