Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...

The Manchester Museum in northern England is asking visitors whether it should withdraw an ancient Egyptian mummy from its ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

The notorious Aspergillus flavus - dubbed the "mummy's curse" could hold the secret in the cure for cancer.

Researchers believe that a fungus thought to be found in ancient tombs may provide a valuable new tool in the fight against ...

The museum poses the question as part of a process of addressing the colonial origins of some of its collections ...

Scientists have discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague — marking the first case of the disease outside of the Eurasian continent.

The 5,000-year-old manuscript was discovered in an Egyptian tomb and is believed to hold knowledge about the origins of humanity and potentially serve as a prophecy ...

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3D scans reveal secrets of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s coffin. Experts long wondered how Lady Chenet-aa was placed in her cartonnage. By Andrew Paul. Published Oct 28, 2024 4:35 PM EDT.