For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife.

Archaeologists in Egypt found a rare fragment of Homer's "Iliad" atop a Roman-era mummy, the first literary text ever found ...

Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara.

And I didn't necessarily think making a movie about a mummy or a movie called The Mummy would be next up on my dance card until conversation started around the topic of how maybe there hasn't been a ...

Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ...

From Rwandan attire to Angolan sculptures and Egyptian mummies, the Grand Hyatt Seoul became a showcase of African cultures on Wednesday for this year’s Africa ...

Ever since a 2018 blaze destroyed priceless artifacts and scientifically important specimens, museum staff have devoted ...

Inside was a depository of 22 coffins and 8 mummies that seemed to belong to a special female temple caste who sang sacred ...

According to preliminary studies, four of the coffins date to the 18th Dynasty, including one bearing the name of Merit, ...

The discovery was made at Oxyrhynchus, an ancient burial site in central Egypt, by a team from the University of Barcelona ...