This likeness of a Greek woman, once affixed to her wrapped corpse, is a startlingly lifelike work of art and a testament to the cross-cultural currents of the ancient world.

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

Mexico City — Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The ...

(AP) Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered this week ...

Talk about an identity crisis. Doctors now say that a 2,000 year−old Egyptian mummy in the Brooklyn Museum — thought to be Lady Hor — is actually a “he.” A CT scan last week determined the mummy’s ...

The Museum of Idaho (MOI) has introduced its next exhibit as “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition,” slated to open May 31 with a ribbon cutting. The exhibit will be a part of the special traveling ...

A number of priceless ancient Egyptian artefacts, including a collar that once belonged to a mummy, have been allegedly stolen from a museum in Moreton Bay.