The hunt for Nefertiti’s mummy leads to a grim chapter in history: Victorian “unwrapping parties,” where mummies were ...

Called simply “Mummies” and running in the museum’s top-floor temporary exhibition spaces until May next year, the exhibition ...

The so-called Bashiri mummy, nicknamed "The Untouchable", holds a unique place in modern Egyptology. Discovered in 1919 in ...

Among the museum’s artifacts, which were hidden during the long closure, are a 5,400-year-old mummy and remnants from the ...

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Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Hawaiʻi's rainy season is in full swing. So, rather put yourself in danger, like going on a hike and getting stranded, why ...

It’s hard to overstate how rare and exciting a dinosaur mummy is. And yes, the fossil called “Medusa” could be a dinosaur mummy — the remains of an Edmontosaurus about 66 million years ...

Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people ...

The continent has a vast history spanning thousands of years, and one place has fended off invaders for the most part.

Archaeologist and anthropologist Jerry Moore reviews the findings that explain a relationship marked first by fear and then ...