Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe - first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from ...

The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology Apr. 10, 2024 — Astrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper ...

The only direction you cannot go is bottom to top. Ancient Egyptians love symmetry, and it’s very iconographic in nature. Before Champollion, before the deciphering and before the Rosetta Stone ...

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and ...

New research reveals ancient Egyptians may have used advanced water-based technology like hydraulic lifts to construct the Step Pyramid of Djoser. The study suggests that nearby canals powered ...

The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of the paint that still colors ancient statues, coffins, and tomb walls. Modern scientists were intrigued by this long-lasting ...

A few years ago, Egyptian archaeologists discovered what they thought were the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple dating back to the sixth century BCE. Subsequent finds at the site indicate that ...

as being the fathers of medicine but our findings suggest that the ancient Egyptians were practising a credible form of pharmacy and medicine much earlier," said Dr Jackie Campbell. "When we compared ...

An Egyptian dog found viral fame after it was ... Social media users fell in love with the adventurous animal, as videos of it accumulated more than a million views. The moment was captured ...

The archaeologists said this month they had uncovered the weapon among a cache of ancient Egyptian treasures, dug out of the Tell Al-Abqain ancient fort around 30 miles southeast of Alexandria by ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials ...