Mummy

On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

 English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on February 16, 2026.
Summer Decker, PHD, (left) 3D Imaging Lead for Keck Medicine of USC, and Diane Perlov, PHD, (right), Senior Vice President for special projects at the California Science Center, examine ancient Egyptian mummy Nes-Min before he is scanned, February 6, 2026.

More alike than you think: CT scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal back pain, dental issues

Dinosaur, edmontosaurus close up with open mouth. Ukraine, Khmelnitsky, October 2021.

'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research

Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers.

Copper ions in coffin reveal why Italian 'green mummy' turned emerald, say researchers


Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery

One contained the well-preserved mummy of a powerful priest, wrapped in linen and decorated with a golden figure depicting Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess.

Two mummies, of a woman and child, are on display at the newly discovered burial site, the Tomb of Tutu, at al-Dayabat, Sohag, Egypt April 5, 2019

Archaeologists find 4,300-old Egyptian tomb near Cairo

Researchers believe the nobleman was called Khuwy.

Screenshot of video of ancient Egyptian tomb

Ancient mummies found in Pyramid of King Amenemhat II

Archaeologists have dated the mummies to the Late Period, and Waziri said three of them were considered to be in good condition.

A police officer patrols the Giza Pyramids on his camel on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December

Once overlooked, 2,500-year old coffin may offer clues into ancient Egypt

A 2,500-year old coffin that may contain a mummy lies at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia March 27, 2018

Egypt archaeologists unearth goldsmith's tomb near Luxor

The site includes a courtyard and niche where a statue of the goldsmith Amenemhat and his wife and one of his sons, as well as two burial shafts.

Pyramid in Egypt

Egypt uncovers chamber of 17 mummies

The mummies have not yet been dated but are believed to date to Egypt's Greco-Roman period, a roughly 600-year span that followed the country's conquest by Alexander the Great.

A number of mummies are seen inside the newly discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt May 13, 2017

Examination of 16th-century mummy bears fruit

Liver biopsy by Israeli-Korean team leads to better understanding of hepatitis B.

Korean mummy 370

Mummy dearest

Retired medical researcher Daphna Manor’s new exhibition focuses on Fayum mummy portraits, lifelike paintings that were buried with the departed in ancient times.

Daphna Manor compares art to scientific research.