The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

Aug 2 (Reuters) - It is a startling image from ancient Egypt - a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor of a woman with her mouth wide open in what looks ...

In 1935, archaeologists from the Metropolitan Museum of New York unearthed the tomb of an ancient Egyptian architect known as Senmut, who had served the 18th Dynasty Queen Hatschepsut over 3,000 years ...

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died "screaming from agony," researchers say. The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in a ...

(Reuters) - It is a startling image from ancient Egypt - a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor of a woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

EGYPT (WLS) -- Scientists in Egypt have "unwrapped" a mummy that is thousands of years old. They unwrapped the mummy without touching it because the 3,500-year-old mummified remains of the Pharaoh ...

SAQQARA, Egypt -- A superbly preserved 2,300-year-old mummy bearing a golden mask and covered in brilliantly colored images of gods and goddesses was unveiled Tuesday at Egypt's Saqqara Pyramids ...

A recent study has put an end to a four-year-long scientific debate regarding the “Mysterious Lady,” an ancient Egyptian mummy originally thought to be pregnant and suffering from cancer. First ...

From Raiders of the Lost Ark to The Mummy, these movies will transport you down the Nile and thousands of years into the past ...