Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, and which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors ...

A mass cat cemetery and a collection of rare mummified scarab beetles were discovered during an archeological excavation in Saqqara, Egypt, the nation's antiquities ministry said Saturday.

In 1942, the tomb of an Egyptian general, Amentefnakht, was uncovered intact. The systems used to keep this Mummy undisturbed ...

At an excavation of a pharaoh's 4,500-year-old pyramid complex, Egyptian archaeologists discovered dozens of mummified cats — in addition to 100 ornate cat statues. Egyptian Minister of ...

From snake embalming rituals to mummy pregnancy to ancient medicine, these discoveries were made using CT scans without damaging the remains.

Chemical clues in embalming vessels reveal previously unknown ingredients used to prepare bodies for mummification and their far-flung origins.