We see an ancient and fragile child mummy whose head is resting on a pillow. The mummy is a brownish color. A large percentage of mummified children from ancient Egypt show signs of blood disorders ...

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

Cat Mummy (Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 780–390 BCE) and ibis mummy from the ibis cemetery at Abydos (Early Roman Period, 30 BCE–early 1st century CE) in ‘Soulful Creatures: Animal ...

Mummies of the World, which opened this month and runs until Nov. 28, brings visitors face to ancient, scarred face with an extraordinary array of preserved bodies — from pre-Columbian South America ...

SHANGHAI - Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 ...

Explore the ancient forgotten city of the cat, high up in the nile delta, Bubastis. A city that was written about by many ancient historians as a feminine stronghold and even mentioned in the bible as ...

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a pivotal role in shaping modern cats. Scientists discovered the remains of a ...

At an excavation of a pharaoh's 4,500-year-old pyramid complex, Egyptian archaeologists discovered dozens of mummified cats — in addition to 100 ornate cat statues. Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr ...

To date, tens of millions of animal mummies have been unearthed in Egypt. But while there are millions of mummified cats, dogs, ibises and birds of prey, primate mummies are rare — and little ...

Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication. On Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had uncovered ...