[1/3] The face of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt?s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian Museum ...

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. According to a recent CNN report, a number of British museums are seeking to avoid the ...

According to a recent CNN report, a number of British museums are seeking to avoid the use of the word “mummy” in descriptions of human remains from ancient Egypt.

Formally known as "CIT8", the Screaming Woman mummy was unearthed at Deir el-Bahari, a tomb complex in the Thebian necropolis, during the Metropolitan Museum of New York's 1935 expedition to Egypt.

Archaeologists unearthed the "Screaming Woman" mummy, named after her gaping mouth, in Deir el-Bahari, near Luxor, Egypt, in 1935 while excavating the tomb of Senenmut, a prominent architect and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

However, the ancient Egyptian mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, has now shown that the plague was also prevalent in North Africa during the early Bronze Age, reports the Mirror US ...

The race to save the world's oldest mummies 04:20. 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 ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient ...