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

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

Asru's body was donated to the Manchester Natural History Society in 1825 before it was carefully unwrapped and displayed at ...

Asru's mummified body has been on view in Manchester almost continuously for more than 200 years.

The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian woman has been removed from display after 200 years out of “respect for her wishes”.

Most recently, researchers have used mass spectrometry-based proteomics to analyze the glues and adhesives in a broad set of ...

This latest paper focused on a Theban tomb known as 209 in the western necropolis, dating back to the early 25th Dynasty (754 ...

Egyptian researcher Marwa Elhosary, of York University, said: “Today the Museum’s decision to move her body to a place that ...

The standard image of an ancient Egyptian mummy often features a very specific type of person and pose. A royal figure is interred with their arms crossed and placed inside a detailed and elaborately ...

A rare bodily phenomenon may explain how the mummification process preserved her expression of agony for eternity.

Manchester Museum bosses said they decided to place the remains of Asru in storage because they believe it is what she would ...

Captivated by a portrait in a Boston museum, Sophy Roberts sets out to explore the temples, monasteries and desert landscapes ...