Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A modern, heavily bent mummy from the Dani people, preserved by smoke and kept in a private home in the Baliem Valley. These are ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade ...