In a study with lab-grown cells, mumia vera aegyptiaca, a powder made from the remains of mummies, appeared to protect ...

Medieval mummy powder found to have surprising medicinal effect - Study may have uncovered ancient Egyptian word for Aloe ...

Egyptian mummy known as the Braided Lady, taken from Egypt in 1860, reveals preserved organs, worn teeth and clues to her ...

Discover how Mumia vera aegyptiaca, once sold as a cure for a wide range of ailments, has been analyzed, revealing how one ...

Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona pulled a papyrus fragment of Homer’s Iliad from the wrappings of a 1,600-year-old mummy buried in the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus. The fragment ...

For centuries, ground-up mummy was a medical mainstay in Europe – but that was far from the only way that ancient remains ...

When you hear the word mummy, most people think of a shambling monster covered in tattered canvas bandages. However, technically a mummy is any body that has been preserved after it died. This ...

Urban explorers discovered what appeared to be a Tutankhamun mummy, papyrus, hieroglyphics, Anubis statues and cobras inside ...