This Ancient Egyptian mummy cartonnage was made for a woman named An-Ankh-Rat. The cartonnage is made from linen bandage, soaked in plant gum to make it set in the required shape. The face mask is ...

How are mummies formed? Ancient Egyptians believed in the concept of the afterlife and used a detailed process to preserve the bodies of the deceased for the afterlife. It involved the internal ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

Scientists have discovered 52 ancient ... the Egyptian city of modern-day Al-Bahnasa. The never-before-seen 52 tombs were side-by-side, indicating a communal burial. Alongside the Mummies, a ...

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps ... The last step was to coat the mummy in warm resin and wrap it from head to foot in layer after layer of linen strips.

Scientists have discovered DNA of the bacterium Yersinia pestis in a mummy from Egypt dated back ... the prevalence of the plague in ancient Egypt, earlier studies hint at potential epidemics ...