A Parade That Featured Ramses II
I was on the scene Saturday night as 22 mummies were relocated to a new home. Here’s what I saw. Source: New York Times
22 Mummies Create Spectacle Moving Through Downtown Cairo
Riding on top of custom-made vehicles, the mummies were moved in a procession on Saturday from a museum where they had been kept for more...
22 Mummies Are Moved in a Glittering Display in Cairo
But the made-for-TV spectacle also underlined the jarring divide between Egypt’s celebrated past and its uncertain present. Source: New York Times
Archaeologists Find Mummies With Golden Tongues
Archaeologists working at a temple on the outskirts of the Egyptian city of Alexandria have found 16 human burial chambers there, the government’s ministry of...
A Wolf Pup Mummy From the Ancient Arctic
More than 50,000 years ago, a den in sandy soil collapsed on a wolf pup and killed her, sealing her away from air and moisture...