When people think about Egyptian discoveries, they often conjure images of pharaohs and high-ranking officials, their tombs ...

A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Named Idy, her remains were found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb ...

Scans reveal ancient Egyptian aristocrat was as in her 30s or ... 3,000-year-old mystery of Egyptian ‘locked mummy ... CT scans can tell us about ancient mummies preserved in coffins.

A coffin unearthed from a newly discovered cemetery in Minya, Egypt contains an image of a figure, who many say looks eerily similar to the popular animated 'Simpsons' character Marge Simpson.

Archaeologists in Faiyum excavated a catacomb-style funeral building with several coffins from ancient Egyptian and Greek eras, photos show. Photo from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

[Related: A gold-laced mummy could be the ‘oldest and most complete’ specimen found in Egypt.] Neutron tomography allows researchers to peer inside without disturbing the coffins.

Archaeologists in Faiyum excavated a catacomb-style funeral building with several coffins from ancient Egyptian and Greek eras, photos show. Photo from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Archaeologists in Faiyum excavated a catacomb-style funeral building with several coffins from ancient Egyptian and Greek eras, photos show. Photo from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

The mummy was laid inside two coffins. The outer coffin had a Greek inscription and the inner was wooden sarcophagus. He also wore a a gilded head mask, a chest covering on the front of the torso ...

The displays range from ancient Egyptian coffins with the lids lifted to expose the residents, to display cases with supposedly Amazonian shrunken heads. Also on view are the skeletal remains of ...

A discovery in the sands of Egypt has offered a different perspective for scientists as they examine the lives of ancient ...