A 3,000-year-old mummified crocodile is giving us a peek into the strange and fascinating world of ancient Egyptian rituals.

SAQQARA, Egypt — More than 2,600 years since they were buried, archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country's capital ...

The study provides new information on the embalming materials used in different periods of ancient Egypt. By identifying the chemical compositions of these scents, researchers could determine whether ...

CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly pleasant ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have ...

COMMENTARY: A mummy in a museum not only teaches us about ancient culture, but also reminds Catholics of our duty to pray for ...

STORY: You might think that a mummified corpse would have a fairly unpleasant stink. But according to scientists researching what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like, you'd be wrong. They emit woody, ...

The mummies of the world exhibit is wrapping up this weekend after an exhilarating run at the Museum of Idaho.

Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were ...

Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication. On Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had uncovered ...