For example, Mann designed the sculpture’s hair and earrings herself, taking inspiration from the Fayum mummy portraits—realistic memorial portraits that Egyptians once buried with their dead.

Mann then finished the reconstruction with a hairstyle and earrings from Egypt's Greco-Roman period, based on the Fayum mummy portraits. The final sculpture is finished with a bronze-colored resin ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, said that during recent renovations at the museum where the mummified bodies are on permanent display, the arm of one of the mummies ...

Mexican government experts previosuly said they are concerned that a traveling display of mummies from the 1800s may pose a health risk to the public (AP) The country’s federal archaeology ...

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

DUBLIN, June 12 (Reuters) - Five medieval mummies preserved in the crypt of a Dublin church have likely been damaged beyond repair by a fire and water used to douse the flames, a church official ...

The health status of people living in ancient times has remained under wraps—quite literally so in the case of Egyptian mummies. But thanks in part to developments in medical imaging ...

When you think of a mummy, you might think of a slow-moving dude wrapped in bandages. That isn’t always the case, though. Just look at The Mummy. Specifically, the 1999 film, which is a favorite ...

Five medieval mummies have been destroyed in a deliberate fire in Dublin. The preserved remains were in the crypt of a Dublin church and have likely been damaged beyond repair. They were damaged ...

But be warned – the mummies inhabiting these locales won’t be happy entertaining visitors… Run From Mummies is a top-down 2D action adventure for one-to-four tourists. Delve deep into the ...

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence ...