For decades, Mississippians believed she was an ancient Egyptian princess. Then a 1969 X-ray revealed a beloved mummy was ...

The work will feature in an exhibition of Fayum portraits in Rome.

Egypt unveiled Sunday a restored version of the “Tondo of the Two Brothers,” a prized 2nd-century painting from the famed ...

The rare Roman-era painting was damaged by termites, but specialists working on the fragile artwork were able to bring back ...

Egypt on Sunday unveiled a restored second-century Fayoum mummy portrait ahead of a Rome exhibition that will mark the ...

People have long been fascinated by mummies, the preserved bodies from ancient Egypt. They certainly have one large advantage over most other monsters: They’re real! You can walk right into a museum ...

Egypt on Sunday unveiled a restored version of "Tondo of the Two Brothers," a prized second-century painting from the famed Fayoum portraits. Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a Roman-era mummy with a copy of Homer's epic poem the "Iliad" inside its abdomen ‪—‬ a ...

Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire service, will co-host a special exhibition showcasing ancient Egyptian mummies ...

Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside the body, but inside the mummy's abdomen. But the ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, an “unprecedented” find for the area south of Cairo, the antiquities ministry announced Saturday.