Archaeologists uncovered the 2,500-year-old remains of a powerful ancient Egyptian high priest in dramatic fashion on Sunday. The opening of the priest’s stone sarcophagus was broadcast by the ...

"Never in my 50 years in archaeology have I experienced something on such a grand scale as this," said Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass Discovery Channel viewers on Sunday got to go back 2,500 years in ...

Correction: This story has been updated to clarify the body was estimated to have been buried about 3,500 years ago. More than two millennia ago, an unnamed woman died under unknown circumstances.

Every time archaeologists discover an ancient mummy, excitement soon follows. Mummies, of course, are often so well preserved that they capture the essence of who ancient peoples were when they were ...

A rare and nearly complete dinosaur mummy has been uncovered in Minnesota. This extraordinary find is being hailed as one of ...

Palaeontologists claim to have discovered a rare “dinosaur mummy” in Canada, said to be one of the most well-preserved dinosaur fossils ever found. The fossil of the hadrosaur, a duck-billed, ...

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Great news for fans of late ’90s/early 2000s horror franchises: Oded Fehr, a.k.a. Ardeth Bay from The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, is back on your screens as Charles Vance in the latest episode of ...

Researchers have discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy, dating from the first century in Egypt. The find was unexpected, as inscriptions on the mummy's coffin suggested the remains inside ...