Archaeologists in Egypt found ancient mummification workshops — one for humans and one for animals — at Saqqara.

Recently discovered mummies are seen at at a mummification workshop dating back some 2,500 years at an ancient necropolis near Egypt’s famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza. Antiquities Ministry ...

SAQQARA, Egypt — Ancient workshops and tombs dating back 4,000 years were unveiled by antiquities authorities Saturday, at a sprawling pharaonic necropolis outside Cairo, Egypt's capital.

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body.

New digs at the Saqqara necropolis provide archaeologists more insight to how mummification took shape—and could help save Egypt's economy.

A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3500 years ago.

Researchers have re-created a scent used in the mummification of an elite Egyptian woman around 1450 B.C., dubbing it the “scent of the eternity.” ...

Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and its spirit for the afterlife.

The Egyptians carefully removed organs such as the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines during the mummification process to prevent bacterial growth and better preserve the body. Egyptians believed in ...