Roman-era tombs southwest of Cairo yield scores of gilded mummies.
Photographs show how and why mummies were preserved, and how X-ray radiography and CAT scanning technology were used to examine the mummy without having to remove its bandages.
William Max Miller aims to present archeological data about New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period royal mummies from the Theban cache tombs in an accessible way.
An ancient Egyptian mummy displayed at the Ancient World Gallery in North Court at the University of Richmond in Virginia: CT scans, x-rays, and analyses.
Information about mummies for readers, writers, and learners of all ages.
An illustrated description of mummies in Ancient Egypt, the mummification process, and unwrap and examine the virtual mummy.
Features information on plastination, as well as a comparison with modern body embalming.
From Guardian, mummy with buck teeth and a right royal hairstyle may have settled one of the enduring mysteries of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
From ic Southlondon, specialists from a south London hospital have been working on an incredibly elderly patient, she's more than 3,000 years old.
From National Geographic News, summary account of the identification and planned return of the mummy believed to be Ramses I to its native Egypt.
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