Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed tombs containing mummy masks and a 'god of silence' statue at Saqqara.

Some British museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian "mummies," instead calling them "mummified people" to emphasize that they once lived.

Journey to Eternal Life: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Mummies, and Pyramids Egyptian Mummies The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification ...

The discovery of bubonic plague remnants in mummy DNA, however, appears to finally provide proof of its existence in ancient Egypt.

The ancient Egyptians placed golden tongues on some mummies in a practice that had symbolic significance.

Fragment of a mummy board. This is the mask portion, cartonnage, painted, of a mummy board, a panel inside a coffin laid on top of the wrapped mummy. Closer to an actual mask than those from coffin ...

Do you know a lot about the ancient Egyptian dead, or do you need to ask your mummy?

Titus Flavius Demetrius was a Roman citizen living in Egypt who wanted to be buried in the Egyptian way.This gold covered mummy mask was made for the Roman citizen Titus Flavius Demetrius who died ...

Uunfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after death brought people closer to the gods, the mummies' aromas now have faint notes of cheese, vomit and urine.

Ancient Egyptian mummies were discovered buried with gold tongues in their mouths. It is thought this was to allow the deceased to speak with the god Osiris.

News Don’t say ‘mummy’: Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains Jaroslav Moravcik/Adobe Stock The British Museum wants to emphasize that mummified remains were once living people.

But some museums in Britain are now using words other than “mummy” to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. Instead, they are starting to adopt terms such as “mummified ...