Dr Joann Fletcher explains how the ancient Egyptians preserved their dead and why mummies were buried in precious jewellery.

Egypt erupts into chaos as the mummy uses its powers to unleash the biblical plagues of Egypt. Get your Action Pick! Watch The Mummy (1999) here: At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife. Papyri were plentiful in the ...

Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window into its ...