Ancient Egyptian mummies were objects of intrigue from the ... the Victorians hosted "unwrapping parties," where Egyptian ...

When the complete contents of the tomb were shipped to Manchester in 1908 and the mummies of both men were unwrapped by the UK’s first ... has a long history of research on ancient Egyptian human ...

Ancient writers, modern scientists, and the mummies themselves all help ... By studying the x-rays or performing autopsies on unwrapped bodies, experts are learning more about diseases suffered by the ...

Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general population as well. In ancient Egypt, mummification was a long and complex ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT scan has revealed a true rara avis—a ...

Researchers call this a 'non-destructive' way to gather more information Mummies as an object of ... Here's how: According to a report by BBC, ancient Egyptians would surround the body with ...

X-rays of the mummy of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman reveal an assortment of health issues: from curvature of the spine, known as scoliosis, to other deformities that could be the result of polio.

The tattoos were likely associated with Bes, the ancient Egyptian god who ... They found two female mummies-one had been looted, and the mummy was unwrapped. When they studied the mummified ...

Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza, the giant Sphinx, and mummies. However, the early Egyptians also left behind other ancient clues that we can use to learn about their daily ...

Two ancient Egyptian mummies have made an intrepid visit to Manchester for a state-of-the-art radiographic investigation, conducted by researchers at The University of Manchester. The mummies are ...